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Galactic put out. we saw the vehicle fly up. we saw it released. we saw what it was like inside the cabin. blue origin had a lift of being secretive. they would announce their test flights after they had done them in the early days. thats changed over the years as they sought a commercial market. we still kind of only seen very short web casts of the test flights after they had done them in the early days. it has changed. but we have still only seen a short web cast of the countdown to launch an...

Like between chocolate and cheese. we dont see ourselves as a direct competitor. >> reporter: while bezos flight is after branson his rocket system will go even higher, the altitude internationally recognized to be the demarcation in space. his company taking a shot at bransons trip tweeting their rocket was designed to fly above the carmen line so none of our astronauts has an asterisk next to their name. >> if you fly 50 miles or 62 miles youre in space. you wont notice the difference between ...

>> reporter: jeff bezos blue origin has also been flying test flights. no pilots, all remote controlled from the ground. bezos is set to fly on tuesday, july 20th. coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasa female astronaut candidate wally funk. at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket. virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landi...

Unity will rocket to the edge of space. also on board three virgin galactic employees. >> its actually happening. >> the entire flight expected to last two hours, max, all of it live streamed. meanwhile in west texas, jeff bezos blue origin has been flying test flights. no pilots, all remote control from the ground. bezos is set to fly on tuesday july 30th. coming along, wally fonk. at 82 her first ride into space will make her the first at that age to do so.

Carrying experiments for nasa. they carrying experiments for nasa. they carry them on most of the recent test flights. in addition to that, you have the new commercial space loans companies launching satellites and technology into space such as virgin orbit and spacex and they are able to launch satellites more conveniently and cheaply than ever before which is causing an industrial revolution in space and this week alone, virgin 0rbit has launched its second big commercial flight with lots of s...

Spent seven people into space and made five new astronauts. we were the first of the spaes companies to get people up there. but we honestly dont see it as a race. >> reporter: branson tweeted his congratulations to bezos on their space flight plans. virgin galactic saying while they remain on track, they have not set an official launch date. both space companies have had successful test flights over the past decade. virgin galactic had a set back when a co-pilot was killed during a test flight ...

Origins first crude space flight along jeff bezos. the space venture blue arge has been awaiting this event for years. the july 20th trip will mark the first time human fly on the vehicle after 15 unmanned test flights. they hope to start selling tickets to the general public hopefully at lower price points. mr. bezos, i just want to let you know, if there is an empty seat, i wm available. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." im jim acosta. president biden is in brussels, belgium for this years...

Man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: forget the last space race. neil armstrong and nasa won that hands down. this space race is going to be much closer, and one corner west texas actually amazons jeff bezos, the founder of space tourism business blue origin and just up the road in netflix virgin galactic founder richard branson. both have launched successful test flights preparing for future paying passengers. >> and we have liftoff. >> reporter: bezos blue origin will carry up to six ...

Aerospace company. set for july 20th, six weeks from now. cnns innovation and space correspondent rachel crane joins us. rachel, bezos says he dreamed of this since he was 5 years old. >> thats right, ana. bezos has been vocal that since he was a child he dreamed about traveling to space. he founded his aerospace company blue origin more than 20 years ago. and theyve been working on the new shepherd space craft making this sorbital. and its set to take off from the facility in west texas on july...

In fact elevating our orbit we will get a lot more data and information in the coming days. so this is all very positive. >> he added this is why we do test flights and boeing just announced that the star liner capsule will be able to land at white sands, new mexico, within the next 48 hours. >> sandra: phil keating in florida. thanks. >> jon: we continue to cover the clash of the capitol hill titans as nancy pelosi refuses to turn over the articles of impeachment and peter navarro on how the ma...