will lastjust over a week. and when it gets back to earth, it ll be with a bump in what s going to be the first hard capsule landing for a us mission. along with space x, they ll now be two private sector firms taking astronauts to the space station. if boeing s test flight goes well. having competition with two providers, providing nasa with a way to and from the space station should bring down costs. and that s really important for nasa and other space agencies like the european space agency and indeed the uk space agency, because we re spending taxpayers money on these flights to get our astronauts to the space station and we want to get the best value for money. but regular missions to the space station will depend on there being no further serious technical issues. with so much at stake, it ll be a big week for boeing. pallab ghosh, bbc news.
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
civilians. there s much more to come as we ve seen. let me begin our coverage with cnn s kristin fisher. she s live at the launch site and has been covering all this in texas. we know as we saw with the last flight, there s going to be videos coming out and we re going to see a lot more, but it looked flawless. blue origin has to be very, very happy about this mission. it looked flawless. we ll certainly get to hear a bit more about that. we should get some of that video later today of william shatner and the rest of the crew floating around during the precious four minutes of weightlessness. william shatner may be the star of the show today, but that booster return just gave him a run for his money, not the capsule landing, i m talking about the booster that propelled the capsule into space. if you ve never seen one before, and very few people have. up until a few years ago that
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