in 2019 and 2021 so don't take any of that away from yourself, even though today it is the guys. thank you for your analysis of what happened. good luck with the rest of your career. enqueue. jamie chadwick, a development driverfor williams. space — it's the final frontier. but now it's also a family business. yesterday, the daughter of the first american astronaut followed in her fathers footsteps — blasting off to the edge of space 60 years after he made history. laura shepard churchley took off on board a commercial aircraft — named after her dad — alan shepard. mark lobel reports. three, two, one. from rural texas to the edge of space. laura shepard—churchley following in her father's footsteps 60 years after his pioneering flight is the first american to make the journey. in a spacecraft named after him. mission control has confirmed new shepard has cleared the tower and is on its way to space. it was a once—in—a—lifetime ride