Inside the simulator that all four have been training in. there you go, you are all buckled in and ready to go to space. reporter: this is a big window. as you re ascending, essentially it feels like the earth is falling away from you. joining us from van horn, texas, nbc news correspondent morgan chesky. morgan, the countdown clock is on and the launch pad is ready, i m told. what s the level of anticipation in texas right now? reporter: it s a lot of excitement here, geoff. 18 hours, 19 minutes, and 40 seconds until liftoff for blue origin s new shepherd rocket. all systems were go at last check. they re monitoring the weather conditions using weather balloons they ve put up in the air today. right now that desert weather playing right to their favor. we know that the crew of four has been on site now for several days. they ve been going through exercises, trying to fine-tune that routine that s going to be taking place tomorrow when they
Through. of celebrate her kindness through. of celebrate her kindness and through. of celebrate her kindness and talent, - through. of celebrate her kindness and talent, herl through. of celebrate her - kindness and talent, her fans a hold onto the music. paris iconic eiffel tower is set to reopen on friday. it was closed in october last year due to the covid crisis. this latest closure was the longest since world war two. visitor numbers will be limited to 10,000 a day to meet social distancing requirements, fewer than half of their pre covid levels. eight teenagers to become the youngest person to fly in after flying on to a flight thatjeff bezos has organised on his company eight teenager. he willjoin an 82 year old, will become the oldest ever person in space on the new shepherd rocket. we wish them all the very best! do not go anywhere,
Galactic falling back to earth today after yesterday s headline making lift off. the stock closing down 17% on word of a $500 million stockpile. for the year though, it is up still. a whopping 71%. just bezos is up next in the space race. he will blast off open blue origin s shepherd rocket in eight days. we ll be watching and so will wall street. so will the president s plan crackdown keep violent crime from rising up? san jose major sam lecardo was in the white house meeting today. he s coming up. is this issue a bad one for the democratic party? lee carter and jason nichols are here on that. gold. your strategic advantage.
And the faa just granted virgin galactic approval to begin to fly customers in space. blue origin has had 16 test fli flights of this new shepherd rocket. they could get their faa approval any day now, too. brianna? when is it going to be cheaper? that s the question. right now, it s going to be far more cheaper flying into space. i know. kristin, welcome to cnn. kristin fisher, live for us in new mexico. thank you so much. just ahead, we re going to fact check the colorado congresswoman who told the cpac crowd, quote, we don t want your welfare.