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Blue Origin launches Michael Strahan and crew of 5 on record-setting suborbital spaceflight
Blue Origin successfully launched its first six-person crew into space on Saturday (Dec. 11), and in the process, set six new space records.
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NS-19 crew included "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan and Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of the first U.S. astronaut in space
VAN HORN, Texas — Blue Origin successfully launched its first six-person crew into space on Saturday (Dec. 11), and in the process, set six new space records.
From the tallest person to fly into space to the first parent-child pair to lift off together, the six newly-qualified astronauts made history on board Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. The crew included former football star-turned-TV anchor Michael Strahan and Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space and the namesake for Blue Origin's suborbital launch vehicle.
Strahan said the experience was amazing. "I want to go back," he told Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after returning to Earth. "Touchdown has a new meaning now!!!" he wrote on Twitter after the flight.