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But i say it's an important milestone. >> listen, i wasn't here for the '03, but the '27 was, i was. >> i was there, i reported on that one. >> the bezos flight, they had 15 test flights but none have had humans on board until now. this is pretty risky, miles. >> i'll be honest, as a pilot with several thousand hours flying airplanes, the humans are usually the riskiest part of the operation, right? it almost always is the pilot, that is somehow in the loop. you know, there was a time, don, when you and i would have been reluctant to get on an elevator in manhattan, if there wasn't a guy there...

>> i was there. i reported on that one. >> bezos' launch tomorrow, fully autonomous. they had 15 test flights but none had humans onboard until now. this is pretty risky, miles. >> you know, i'll be honest with you. i think as a pilot with several thousand hours flying airplanes, humans are usually the riskiest part of the operation, right? when you look at crashes, it almost always is the pilot that is somehow in the loop. you know, there was a time, don, when you and i would have been reluctant to get an an elevator in manhattan if there wasn't a guy with a white glove operating the elevator...

In a massive breach of microsoft's servers last spring, similar to the claims made against russia. china denying the accusation. now to the countdown to lift-off. jeff bezos on the eve of his historic flight. and the 82-year-old woman about to be one of his passengers. she studied to be an astronaut in the 1960s, and she's finally heading to a space. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: with a fist bump, jeff bezos and the crew of three are suited up. >> feels good to be in a flight suit. >> reporter: just hours to go until that launch tomorrow morning. blue origin has conducted 15 successful te...

Higher than branson went but not into orbit. >> reporter: not into orbit. this is a suborbital space flight. this desert in west texas, this is about as remote as it gets which is what you want when you are testing and flying rocket news space. and almost all of this land, about 300,000 acres of it, is owned by jeff bezos and his company blue origin. they have conducted 15 test flights consecutive successful test flights of the suborbital rocket system called new shepherd. it is the first time tomorrow that people are actually on board. and none other than jeff bezos himself is going to be on ...

Developed by his company blue origin. >> i want to go on this flight because it's a thing i've wanted to do all my life. it's an adventure. it's a big deal for me. >> reporter: but more than just an adventure, new shepherd was designed to shuttle up to six paying customers, more than 62 miles above the earth's surface, for a few moments of weightlessness and panoramic views, earning the fliers their astronaut wings. while the rocket, which is fully autonomous, has flown 15 test flights, none of them have had humans on board until now. bezos's brother mark bezos will accompany him, an 82-year-o...