realising a lifelong dream, but expanding his ever growing empire beyond the grip of gravty. with him on this first fully autonomous passenger flight three other civilians his brother mark bezos, 82 year old trail blazing aviator wally funk, and 18 year old dutch student 0liver daemen. wally was one of the mercury 13, a group of american women training to be astronauts but never made it to space. until now. five, four, command engines start, two, one. as you can hear, blue 0rigin s reuseable rocket, carrying its first human passengers and first paying customer, is now on its way to space. blast off for the new shepard, lift off for space tourism.
on the flight with him was the oldest person who has been to space, 82 year old wally funk, and the youngest, 18 year old oliver daemen. our correspondent sophie long reports from texas. preparing to board his 60 foot sub orbital rocket. this was notjust about realising a lifelong dream, but expanding his ever growing empire beyond the grip of gravty. with him on this first fully autonomous passenger flight his brother mark bezos, 82 year old trail blazing aviator wally funk and 18 year old dutch student oliver daemen. six, five, four, command engines start, two, one. as you can hear, blue origin s reuseable rocket, carrying its first human passengers and first paying customer, is now on its way to space.
tonight, the passengers refle reflecting on their experience. bezos saying we re building a road to space so our kids can build a road to the future. and wally funk finally making it to space. gio benitez leading us off from the launch site in texas. reporter: just before 9:00 a.m., the walk that would make history. jeff bezos and his brother mark, 82-year-old wally funk, ringing that bell, the oldest woman going to space. and 18-year-old oliver daemen, the youngest ever, and the first paying customer. the first human passengers aboard blue origin s new shepard. godspeed first crew of new shepard. reporter: the countdown. command start, 2, 1. and new shepard has cleared the tower on our way to space with our first human crew. go jeff! go mark! go wally! go oliver!
now. six, five, four, command engines start, two, one. as you can hear, blue origin s reuseable rocket, carrying its first human passengers and first paying customer, is now on its way to space. blast off for the new shepard, lift off for space tourism. the capsule separated from the post or attune a 50,000 feet and continue to the edge of space. they floated, weightless, enjoying what those who have seen it say is a life changing view of earth. ..before the capsule fell back to its surface, carrying in it the oldest and youngest astronauts ever. oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. everybody who has been up into space, they say this, that it changes them and they look at it and they are kind of amazed and awestruck. i want to thank you,
what you are looking at right now. thank you for the moment, stay with us. i want to cross live to the scene in texas. we are looking at the capsule of blue 0rigin. it is the capsule of blue 0rigin. it is the launch rockets that will take jeff bezos and three others into space. sophie is there for us. we now thinkjust a space. sophie is there for us. we now think just a fewer space. sophie is there for us. we now thinkjust a fewer minutes until they take off? they take off? yes, three minutes and 41 seconds, they take off? yes, three minutes and 41 seconds, looking they take off? yes, three minutes and 41 seconds, looking at - they take off? yes, three minutes and 41 seconds, looking at the - they take off? yes, three minutes i and 41 seconds, looking at the time out that i am looking out at the moment. we can only begin to imagine how the people on board are feeling. there are people here in the west texas desert with their cameras, deckchairs, waiting for this rocket launch. a h