the capsule landing safely back on earth. tj watching on in studio, with amy and me on the ground in west texas. it was great. reporter: just more than ten minutes after liftoff, the capsule landing safely back on earth, met by blue origin founder jeff bezos. and this touching moment. michael sharing a hug with fellow crew member. laura shepard churchley, the daughter of the first american in space, alan shepard. amy catching up with michael after his once-in-lifetime flight. just see the curvature, the atmosphere, blue, the earth, just it was too short. astronaut strahan going to the moon next? if they invite me i m going to the moon, and i m going to walk and talk, moon walk. reporter: independent got to tell you, i ve seen a lot of space launches but there s something very different about seeing your own friend go up