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Thank you. if all goes well, by this time tomorrow, jeff bezos won't just be the richest man in the world but one of the first civilians to fly in a unpiloted sub- orbital flight, making it to the edge of space. cbs' mark strassmann reports on how bezos and team are preparing for the big launch. >> reporter: as jeff bezos sees space... >> we are excited. >> reporter: two days of training is all he needs, all anyone needs, to become an astronaut. so, this is an exact replica of what they'll fly on tuesday? >> exactly. >> reporter: this woman showed us blue origin's capsule simulator. the window...

Shepherd rocket higher than 62 miles above the surface of the earth for this mission that's been underway for years. we've had a chance to hear from 82-year-old wally funk. she is going to be the oldest astronaut in space. she was, of course, considered for the mercury missions back in the 1960s. i want you to hear what she hughes to say ahead of tuesday's big launch the stake a listen. >> they told me i had done better and completed the work faster, i got hood of nasa four times. nobody would take me. i didn't think i would ever get to go up. >> wally, of course, is excited about the big laun...

And of course scientific investigation as well. we are literally opening up the heavens. >> amazing. we're taking a look at the spacecraft right now. that is the combined spacecraft. that is the vss unity. and the mother ship that is going to take it up. the mother ship eve. you also saw a convoy of land rovers that could have the crew in it, people headed toward the spacecraft. that's what we're looking at right now. probably within an hour of the launch right now. it'll be a long process. we'll watch that launch and then we will watch the two aircraft separate. then they'll go into orbit and...

Radicalized and incited them to be brought to justice. >> thanks to both of you. dean of course the host of sirius xm's show and tiffany the host of "the cross connection." thanks to both of you. we are now about an hour away if all goes as planned from the virgin galactic launch of the unity, preparing for an historic launch decades in the making, the evolution of the new space race when "velshi" returns. and one we explore. one that's been paved and one that's forever wild. but freedom means you don't have to choose just one adventure. you get both. introducing the wildly civilized all-new 3...

Branson. thanks to both of you for helping set this up. stay where you are. we are getting closer to the big launch. we have a slate of guests to talk all things space and innovation, including some big-time astronauts. scott kelly is joining me, the first woman of color in space is joining me. astronaut leland melvin is join meg. it's going to be a big show. stick around. our continuing coverage of the new space race begins right now. it is sunday, july the 11th. i'm ali velshi. i'm excited to bring you velshi the space race. this is space port in new mexico where the virgin galactic, the u...