coming along for the ride veteran pilot and one-time nasao female astronaut candidate wally funk.st at 82, her first ride into space will make her the oldest person to go there. also flying, an anonymous person who bid $28 million for the trip. blue origin uses a rocket.gi virgin galactic uses a space plane with wings that unfold for landing. both plan to soon carry paying passengers.to branson and team have been practicing in a simulator. hello down there. you re not nervous? i m not nervous because we ve got incredible engineers. we ve got the best of the bunch. that was tom costello reporting. our special coverage of the virgin galactic space flight begins tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. next, dangerous heat in the west. so hot it is cooking marine life alive. the effect the record-breaking temperatures are having on the environment after a short break. first, a look at what s ahead tonight on msnbc. l hey there, i m joshua johnson. tonight at 8:0