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Point, maybe that will change the trajectory. >> we're now under four minutes if my eyes have not failed me. kristin, taking what miles was just saying about how different this is from what people would imagine, how a doctor feels from a medical show, this is still a really important moment, and i find it interesting that these last two flights are breaking their own records. we had wally funk at 82 who was the oldest. we have william shatner at 90. how much of that interest is coming from the way that these launches have been crewed? >> reporter: i think it's very deliberate, right? these bil...

JIUQUAN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- In 2003, college graduate Deng Xiaojun joined the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China Gobi Desert. With his job coded

Blue Origin broke multiple Guinness World Record titles for its first crewed mission with Jeff Bezos.

Could do it, and that's precisely the point. >> few have come before, many are about to follow. the door is opening now. it's pretty incredible. >> we can see the entire parameter of the earth, which is so beautiful! >> opening up space travel to the masses and making it more affordable, which the invention of reusable rockets. it's been elon musk's goal ever since he founded spacex nearly 20 years ago. and now for the first time, nasa had little to do with a crewed launch from the kennedy space center. >> we don't have a very big role here. this is spacex's show and we're really happy for the...

Really became a family. and so, yes, anytime you're going into space, it is incredibly risky. but spacex felt very confident that they had a safe vehicle. this is now the fourth crewed mission that spacex has launched into space. and of course, this comes after this nearly decades-long desert of u.s. astronauts being launched from u.s. soil after the retirement of the space shuttle fleet. so truly, we're witnessing this new era of space travel and really, you know, i've been down to a lot of launches. this is the very first launch that i've been to, first crewed launch where nasa really had no...