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
of a sudden, you feel your body go like this and you re floating. and then back in a belt and on earth. i m going to sit at work tomorrow and said, i went to space yesterday. it to be floating again. you want more of it. reporter: laura shepherd churchly 12 years old when her father allan shepherd made his historical flight, first american in space. his journey aboard new shepherd, named after her father, was a long time coming and allowed her to experience a little bit of his adventures. way back when in 61, i was grateful that i had been a girl because i don t know how i would have followed in daddy s footsteps. so i finally did it. it was wonderful. the passengers passed the karmen line, international boundary of space and experienced three minutes of weightlessness before making a parachuted landing back on earth.
abc s michael strahan and laura shepard churchley, the daughter of alan shepard, the first american in space. his era, you know, 60 years ago was so different from today. i mean, i still can t believe that nobody was driving that space ship. reporter: do you approve of the original shepherd on the new shepard? yes. reporter: you do. , i m very proud of it. > reporter: blue origin hasn t announced hair next mission but they have already sold out seats on several upcoming flights. omar villafranca, cbs news, van horn, texas. o keefe: still ahead on the cbs weekend news, kansas says farewell to a favorite son, bob dole. with directv stream i can get live tv and on demand anywhere. look, serena williams. matrix. serena. matrix.
main engine start. reporter: joining michael, laura shepard churchley, the daughter of alan shepard, the first american in space, and lane and cameron bess, the first parent-child duo to launch together. the launch had been delayed because of strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. blue origin watching that closely. parachutes come out right around 10,000 feet. that is completely at the mercy of the winds at this point. so if those rippeds are really strong at 10,000 feet, it can actually blow our capsule outside of our landing area. reporter: michael, saying he s ready to blast off. excited about tomorrow, going to be a lot of fun. reporter: david, blue origin is feeling confident about the weather tomorrow morning. our coverage begins here on abc at 9:30 eastern. david? thank you, gio. michael s got this. we ll be watching. i m david muir. good night.
wealthy instead of solving problems on earth. we have problems here and now and we need to look to the future. all right. i want to bring in the future for blue origin is two more crude flights of its new sheppard rocket we still don t know exactly how much those seats are going for. new sheppard named after alan sheppard, the first american in space and late next year, the company is hoping to launch a much bigger rocket, new glenn named after john glenn and like it name sake, this rocket is intended to go all the way into or orbit. amazing. welcome. so glad to have you on board. all right. let bring in former nasa astronaut mike. today s milestone launch, you know, comes on the 52nd anniversary of buzz.