>> o'keefe: another successful trip to the edge of space today for blue origin, the private space company owned by jeff bezos. a new shepard rocket blasted off the launch pad in texas and returned minutes later. among those on board the daughter the spaceship is named for, the first man in space, astronaut alan shepard. cbs's omar villafranca is there. >> reporter: blue origin's new shepard rocket pierced the west texas sky, taking six passengers 65 miles up into the edge of space. for a few minutes, the passengers floated around the crew capsule, before safely landing back on earth. it was blue origin's third passenger flight ever, capping off a busy year in commercial space travel. in july, virgin galactic founder richard branson rocketed to space aboard his company's plane. >> i was once a child with a dream, looking up to the stars.
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