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Billionaire to blast into space. he they will leave west texas on the new shepherd rocket at 9:00 a.m. eastern standard time. todd: tune into fox news later today when bezos sits down withl cavuto to talk about his flight into the final frontier. ashley: las vegas following los angeles, sort of, reimposing the mask mandate for casino employees regardless of vaccine status. coming unwe talk with a california business owner and las vegas council woman. todd: a bold claim made by the 1619 founder who once say cuba was among the, quote, most equal countries because of communism, that's coming up w...

For space. all systems go for jeff bezos and blue origin's new shepherd rocket. >> the launch vehicle is ready, the vehicle is red and the crew is ready and the flight director is ready. >> the crew featuring bezos and his brother mark and the soon-to-be youngest and oldest astronauts. wally funk who trained for the mercury space missions back in the 1960s is 82 years old and will be joined by 18-year-old oliver damon, a last-minute replacement after the original winner of a $28 million auction backed out. >> i feel the responsibility because i'm youngest in space and to get more people intere...

Inside the simulator that all four have been training in. >> there you go, you are all buckled in and ready to go to space. >> reporter: this is a big window. >> as you're ascending, essentially it feels like the earth is falling away from you. >> joining us from van horn, texas, nbc news correspondent morgan chesky. morgan, the countdown clock is on and the launch pad is ready, i'm told. what's the level of anticipation in texas right now? >> reporter: it's a lot of excitement here, geoff. 18 hours, 19 minutes, and 40 seconds until liftoff for blue origin's new shepherd rocket. all systems we...

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And the faa just granted virgin galactic approval to begin to fly customers in space. blue origin has had 16 test fli flights of this new shepherd rocket. they could get their faa approval any day now, too. brianna? >> when is it going to be cheaper? that's the question. right now, it's going to be far more cheaper flying into space. >> i know. >> kristin, welcome to cnn. kristin fisher, live for us in new mexico. >> thank you so much. just ahead, we're going to fact check the colorado congresswoman who told the cpac crowd, quote, we don't want your welfare.