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.
neil:amazon billions made this possible. we have severe weather in the southern united states. i want to go back to clayton. jeff bezos spent a lot of time talking to laura shepherd churchly, daughter of the first man in space, alan shepard s mission lasted 15 minutes. this wasn t even quite that but it does show you how far we have come. i m wondering what you make of that as alan shepard would be looking at commenting on this and seeing his daughter participate, what would he be thinking? i m sure he would be very proud of her and what she accomplished. what we have to keep in mind is bezos and company, space x, all these guys were building on what we did in the 60s.
galactic i believe paid around $250,000. much more in reach than for a week long stay aboard the iss. the cool thing about this trip is michael strahan is going to be joined by laura shepherd churchly. she s the daughter of alan shepherd. what is it like to see someone like that get this experience of their own? a little different, but still to get that glimpse. i think it s really cool because i have met her a few times. i got to meet her father alan shepherd. he was one of the first astronauts i met after i got to nasa. we had a reunion a couple weeks after i arrived in nasa. it was really cool to meet alan