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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space venture Blue Origin has blasted off its second human flight to space, with the original Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk (actor William Shatner) onboard, the company said.The lift-off took place a little after ...
Miles above earth. you'll remember, richard branson and virgin galactic, they went 50 miles above earth, that is blue origin's one-upmanship here. and that is when they're going to feel three minutes of weightlessness. they can unstrap from their seats, you see floating here right now. they're going to be able to explore. look at these huge windows. they're about 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 feet wide. they're really big. they're the biggest windows to fly into space. this is the three minutes of fun here, and it's a quick three minutes. then that crew capsule will start falling back to earth. gravity will ...
There you can see the capsule from the top of the booster. they're continuing their ascent over the carmen line. you'll know when they've hit apogee when the speed hits zero. there they are, over 328,000 feet, over 100 kilometers. welcome to space, the newest astronauts on board our crew capsule. there they are. they are just about hit sthar
Little picture, paint us a picture of what is going to happen in just over 42 minutes. >> reporter: we want to give you guys an intimate look of what they're going to experience up there, but also more about this spacecraft. let's go ahead and give you some fast facts first. we're talking about blue origin's new shepherd. this is its 18th mission to space. its second crewed mission. this spacecraft is designed to fly autonomously. it could hold six people, four are going to be on board today, of those four none of them are pilots. let's dive into the components here of new shepherd. of course ...
A second. then we have that booster. that is what propels the spacecraft into flight, also slows down to five miles an hour on the descent. on the bottom we have the fins here, this is what helps guide, really stabilize during the assent and guideascent and guide on the descent. then we have the landing gear. they're going to deploy when they're ready for touch down. this entire spacecraft, about 60 feet tall. i alluded to the flight. let me give you a good look at what's going to happen mere, minute by minute. as that rocket climbs, people will feel the gravity three times stronger than norma...