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>> TODAY IS THE DAY. 90 MINUTES NOW, JEFF BEZOS, HIS BROTHER,ARK ZELSAVTION ICON, MOLLY FUNK AND HER FIRST PAYING CUSTOMER, OLIVER DAMON, WILL LAUNCH THE SPACE AND BACK. IT’S A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. A FUTURE WHERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE. TODAY, ”BLUE ORIGIN,” ITS FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. >> THE HUMAN NEED TO EXPLORE IS DEEPER THAN ALL OF US. OUR ANCESTORS CROSSED MOUNTAIN RANGES, SALES OPEN OCEANS TO MAP NEW LANDS AND SOUGHT OUT THE UNKNOWN ALL ALWAYS LOOKING TO THE STARS. WE’RE CURIOUS. NOW, WE’RE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN PIONEER NEW HORIZONS. EARTH, THIS BLUE PLANET AND ALL ITS BEAUTY, IT’S JUST OUR STARN >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, FIVE, START ENGINES, 2, 1. LIFT OFF. >> OH YEAH. LOOK AT HER GO. >> 5000 FEET AND CLIMBING. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> NOW IS THE TIME TO OPEN SPACE TO ALL D LAY THE WAY

FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. WHEN OUR DESCENDENTS LOOK TO THE STARS, PERHAPS THE ROCKY MIDDLE COLONIES FLOATING IN TH TI. ACE, THEY WILL REMEMBER WHEN THEY REFLECT ON WHERE IT STARTED, THEY WILL REMEMBER THIS PLACE. WHEN THEY HONOR THOSE FIRST EXPLORERS WHO SAID, LET’S GO, — >> THIS IS BLUEMOON. >> THESE BOLDEPS,WE ARE BLUE ORIGIN. >> TOUCHDOWN. >> THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >>> MORDECAI BROWN .MY NAME IS MARIO CORNELL. ON BEHA OF EVERYONE AT BLUE ORIGIN, I AM THRILLED TO WELCOME YOU TO FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. IT’S A BIG DAY HERE AT BLUE ORIGIN. FOUR ASTRONAUTS WILL LAUNCH THE SPACE AND BACK ON OUR NEW ”SHOW.” ROCKET, WHICH HAS SUCCESSFULLY TODAY. 6 CONSECUTIVE MISSIONS TODAY’S LAUNCH REPRESENTS A NUMBER OF FIRSTS, THE FIRST IN A PRIVATELY-FUNDED SPACE VEHICLE HAS LOST FIVE IT SO

SINCE TO ME PRIVATE RANGE DOWN HERE TEXAS. IT’S ALSO A GIANT FIRST STEP TOWARDS OUR VISION TO HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE. ALL THE COMPLIMENTS WITH ” NEW SHEPHERD” HELP WITH OUR NEW FLIGHT, NEW MOON. WE ARE A COMPANY WITH A VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING ROCKET FIRST. WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO SCALE THE TECHNOLOGY UP . YOU MIGHT ASK, WHY DID BLUE SET OUT TO DO THIS? BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD A ROAD TO SPACE. IT ALL STARTS RIGHT HERE. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT HOW ” NEW SHEPHERD” IS HELPING OTHER PROGRA LAR IN THE SHOW. IS, LET’S TALK ABOUT WHO’S ON BOARD TODAY. THIS IS OUR CREW. IN THEIR FLIGHT SUITS WITH THEIR FIRST HUMAN-FLIGHT MISSION PATCHES, THEY HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING. BARRY TO GO THIS MORNING. RIGHT IN THE CENTER, OF COURSE, OUR FOUNDER, JEFF BEZOS. HE’S DREAMED OF GOING TO SPACE SINCE HE WAS A LITTLE BOY.

JEFF WILL BE SEATED IN SEAT NUMBER SIX, RIGHT NEXT TO THE HATCH. JEFF AND HIS BROTHER, MARK BEZELS, TO JOIN HIM ON THE JOURNEY. MARK WILL BE SEATED IN SEAT NUMBER FOUR. SINCE THERE ARE TWO BEZOS FLYING TODAY, MARK’S CALL TIME IS GOING TO BE DEMO, AN ACRONYM FOR HIS KIDS’ FIRST NAMES. THE IS THERE ASTRONAUTS’ SIGNS WOULD BE THEIR LAST NAMES. YOU WILL HEAR THAT OVER THE RADIO LATER TODAY. SEE MBERTHREE, THE CAPSULE, WALLY FUNK. WALLY HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET THE SPACE HER ENTIRE LIFE. TODAY SHE WILL SURPASS JOHN GLENN, AMERICAN HERO, AS THE OLDEST PERSON TO REACH SPACE AT THE AGE OF 82. OLIVER DAMON, OCCUPYING SEE NUMBER ONE, WILL BE THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO HAVE AVELED TO SPACE AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD. HE JOINS US FROM THE NETHERLANDS. TODAY, WE HAVE BOTH THE YOUNGEST AND THE OLDEST PEOPLE

TO HAVE EVER FLOWN IN SPACE. HOW ABOUT THAT? WHAT A CREW WE HAVE FOR YOU THIS MORNING. EACH OF OUR INAUGURAL CREW WILL BE RECEIVING AN EXCLUSIVE ON THE GO WATCH AS A GIFT, WHICH WILL FLY WITH THEM ON THEIR HISTORIC FLIGHT TO SPACE. EACH WATCH WILL BE ENGRAVED WITH THEIR NAME, THE FLIGHT NUMBER AND UNIQUE FEATHER ON THE BACK, SOMETHING TO REMIND THEM OF TODAY’S MISSION FOR YEARS TO COME. THIS ONE, THEY HAVE DONATED TO ME FOR THE DAY. SORRY, OMEGA, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE GETTING IT BACK. SORRY, NOT SORRY ACTUALLY. THESE SEEM TO BE ASKED NOT SEVEN TRAINING DOWN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW. THE GREAT THING ABOUT ” NEW SHEPHERD” IS, SINCE IT’S THOMAS, JUST ABOUT ANYBODY CAN FLY ABOARD . WE DESIGNED IT THIS WAY, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, SO THE PEOPLE ON BOARD CAN SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME. LET’S TAKE A LOOK ON SOME OF THAT TRAINING FROM THE LAST TWO DAYS.

THIS TRAINING IS MEANT TO GET YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE VEHICLE, GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS AND LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN A SAFE MISSION. AGAIN, IT’S AUTONOMOUS. WE’RE NOT TEACHING HOW TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE SEEING HERE. YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY RECENTLY WENT THROUGH THIS TRAINING. I GOT TO SAY, THE TRAINING IS A LOT OF FUN. VERY INFORMATIVE. ALSO, VERY IMPORTANTLY, YOU REALLY BUILD THESE BONDS WITH YOUR FELLOW ASTRONAUTS. YOU CREATED THESE STORIES TOGETHER. NOW MY CREW OF ASTRONAUTS, ASTRO NAUTS, WE WERE THE FAKE CREW, CALLING OURSELVES THE PREQUEL PENGUINS, BECAUSE WE WERE THE LAST PERSONAL CREW, AND WE WOULD NOT BE FINE. AGAIN, THESE ARE THE TYPE OF STORIES YOU WALK AWAY WITH. AT THE END, AFTER THAT TRAINING, I FELT REPAIRED TO FLY. WHEN I SAY, PREPARE TO FLY, I FELT CONFIDENT IN MY OWN ABILITIES TO PARTICIPATE AND

ENJOY THE FLIGHT, BUT ALSO CONFIDENT, IMPORTANT. THE TEAM, MOST OF ALL, THIS BIG BEAUTIFUL ROCKET THAT WAS BUILT IN SAFETY AT ITS HARBOR. IT WAS A GREAT EXPENSE. OBVIOUSLY, ONE THAT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND. NEXT TIME THOUGH, I’M NOT STOPPING AT THE TRAINING, I’M GETTING ON TOP OF THAT ROCKET. WHILE WE HAVE A MOMENT HERE, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THENTI BLUE ORIGIN TEAM WHO HAS MADE FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT POSSIBLE. SO MANY OF WHOM ARE FOLLOWING ALONG TODAY TO WATCH PARTIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE BIGGEST ONE WILL BE AT OUR HEADQUARTERS IN CAN’T. THERE IT IS. THE MORNING, GUYS! THEY’RE GOING NUTS ALREADY. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT. THANK YOU, TEAM LOU. YOU GUYS ARE IN FOR AN AMAZING DAY. AMAZING DAY. I LOVE IT. I’M NOT REALLY A MORNING PERSON. YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXCUSE TO GET UP, LET ME TELL YOU.

IT’S GONNA BE A BIG DAY. ALL RIGHT. DOWN HERE, WEST TEXAS, A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY. OUR ASTRONAUTS ARRIVED AT THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER HERE. STANDING BY, OUTSIDE THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER, OUR ON THE GROUND CORRESPONDENT, CAITLIN DIETRICH. GOOD MORNING, CAITLIN. WHAT IS THE LATEST? >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, ARIANNA. HERE IN FRONT OF THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER, I GOT TO TELL YOU, OUTSIDE HERE, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT COULD NOT BE NICER FOR A ROCKET LAUNCH. I’M LOOKING RIGHT AT THE ROCKET ON THE PAD HERE. WE’RE ALL GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL AND PRETTY EXCITED. IN ABOUT T MINUS TWO HOURS HERE IN WEST TEXAS, THE ASTRONAUTS GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND WALKED INTO THE TRAINING CENTER. THERE WERE NO FROWNS ON ANY OF THEIR FACES. EVERYONE WAS SMILING. THE ENERGY WAS HIGH. WALLY FUNK WAS BASICALLY SKIPPING INTO THE TRAINING

CENTER. I THINK THEY’RE GONNA HAVE A GOOD FLIGHT TODAY. WHAT THEY’RE DOING INSIDE IS JUST GIVING SUITED UP IN THEIR FLIGHT SUITS. THEY’RE GOING TO DO A FINAL KIND OF MISSION BRIEFING JUST TO KIND OF GET A REFRESHER HERE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THEN, T MINUS 45 MINUTES WHEN THEY GET THE RED LIGHT TO GO, THE’LLE ONTHIS RIBBON, ON THEIR WAY TO SPACE. >> THANKS, CAITLIN. I IMAGINE WALLY FUNK WAS WAY MORE CARTWHEELS AND THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER. I HIGHLY EXPECT HER TO BE DOING THE SAME TO THE LIVE IN TRUCKS. THAT WOMAN, HER ENERGY IS INFECTIOUS. SHE HAS ALL THE REASON TO BE EXCITED TODAY. AS WE ID, E HAS BEEN WAITING HER ENTIRE LIFE TO GET TO SPACE. WE’RE GOING TO BE CHECKING WITH CAITLIN A LITTLE BIT LATER FOR UPDATES. RIGHT NOW THOUGH, LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE ROCKET. SHE’S RIGHT BEHIND ME. JUST A COUPLE OF MILES NORTH

FROM WHERE SIT. NOW ” NEW SHEPHERD” IS NAMED AFTER ALAN SHEPARD, THE FIRST AMERICAN TO GO TO SPACE IN 1951. ’61 THAT IS, EXCUSE ME, 50 YEARS AGO. EARLIER THIS MORNING, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ” NEW SHEPHERD” LEFT THE BARN AND WENT OVER THE LAUNCHPAD TO GO TO SPACE AND BACK. THIS TIME, OF COURSE, THE ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD, INCLUDING OUR VERY FIRST PAYING CUSTOMER, OLIVER DAVID. INSIDE THE BARN THERE, I SHOULD NOTE, WE HAVE A SECOND KNOCK IT. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PAYLOAD CUSTOMERS ON PREVIOUS FLIGHTS ON THATCKET WE WILL CONTINUE TO FLY FUTURE PAYLOADS ON THE DEDICATED ROCKET FOR THEM PER THE ROCKET THAT’S OVER MY SHOULDER HERE, THAT ROCKET WILL BE DEDICATED TO FLYING ASTRONAUTS. THIS FLIGHT AND GOING FORWARD FOR MANY MORE TO COME. THIS DAY FOR BLUE ORIGIN IS A CULMINATION OF YEARS OF TESTING, LEARNING AND SAFELY PUTTING OUT THE SYSTEM ACROSS

15 SUCCESSFUL CONSECUTIVE MISSIONS. WITH THAT IN MIND, LET’S ZERO IN ON ”NEW SHEPARD,” THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AND REDUNDANCY, AND HOW WE GOT OUR FIRST HUMAN FLHT. >> FOR ”NEW SHEPARD,” WE’VE BEEN FOLLOWING AN AGGRESSIVE, STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH FROM THE BEGINNING. FIRST TIME WE FLEW ” NEW SHEPARD” IT WAS DEMONSTRATED THAT EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF REENTRY, PERSON TO PLUMMET, AND THAT MISSION WAS 100% SUCCESSFUL FROM THE CAPSULE. M-2 WAS ROLLING IN CHANGES IN TRYING IT AGAIN. THIS TIME, WE STUCK THE LANDING. WE NEED TO SHOW WE COULD DO IT AGAIN. THAT WAS WHAT M-3 WAS. FOR M-PORTAGE, WE PUSH E ENVELOPE AND WE KNEW IT WOULD IMPACT THE GROUND AT THE TIME. M-5, WE INTENTIONALLY DIDN’T DEPLOY ONE OF THE MAIN POWER SHOOTS. IT WORKED PERFECTLY. DID ANITA TEST, BUT THE CAPSULE LAUNCH, IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT ON THE PAD, THE SIXTH

MISSION WAS ABOUT TESTING THAT AT ITS MOST DISTRESSING CONDITION. IGNITED THIS ROCKET MOTOR AND IT SHOWED THAT WE COULD RECOVER THE CAPSULE SAFELY. FOR M-7, WE CAPSULE DESIGN. M-EIGHT DITCH WAS JUST A REPEAT. THEN THE LAST TEST WAS TO SHOW THAT WE COULD ESCAPE IN SPACE. OUR M-90S CAPSULE IS A SOLID ROCKET MOTOR AND IT LANDED SAFELY. M-9 AND M-13, WE ARE FLYING THE PAYLOAD MISSIONS FOR CUSTOMERS. THAT GIVES US MORE AND MORE CONFIDENCE. WE HAVE CAPABILITY OF THE ” NEW SHEPARD” SYSTEM. REIRING FOR THE M-14 MISSION, ANOTHER VERIFICATION A CHECKPOINT. WE’RE READY FOR FLIGHT. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> I LOVE HEARING OM OUR TOP ENGINEERS, LIKE THE ARCHITECT OF ”NEW SHEPARD,” GARY LAI WHO’S TRYING TO BE HERE AT THE DESK. GARY HAS BEEN AT BLUE ORIGIN FOR OVER 15 YEARS. HE’S PART OF THE AMAZING TEAM THAT BUILT ”NEW SHARD.

GARY, HOW’S IT GOING? HOW’S IT GOING? HOW IS YOUR DAY? ANYTHING ON YOUR SCHEDULE? >> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT. >> FAIR ENOUGH. WE ARE JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE WITH YOU. >> YEAH . >> WHILE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, WHY DO WE GET IN TO SOME OF THIS TALK ABOUT THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS THAT’S GOTTEN US TO TODAY. SO WE TALK, AT BLUE ORIGIN, ABOUT OUR MOTTO, STEP-BY-STEP THE FEROCIOUSLY, IN LATIN. TALK TO US ABOUT NS-14 AND NS- 15, THE TWO FIRE FLIGHTS WITH THIS ROCKET. WHY DID WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION, IT’S TIME TO PUT PEOPLE ON BOARD? >> ARIANNA, THE LAST TWO FLIGHTS, TO GIVE THEM IS FULL DRESS REHEARSALS FOR WHAT WE’RE ABOUT TO DO TODAY. WE USED THE ME RDWA, THE SAME SOFTWARE AND EVEN THE SAME OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AS WE’RE GOING TO USE TODAY. REALLY, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IN TODAY’S LAUNCH IS THAT, RATHER THAN THE ASTRONAUTS GETTING OUT

OF THE CAPSULE AT THE LAST MINUTE, THEY ARE GOING TO STAY ON. THEY ARE GOING TO ENJOY THE RIGHT TO SPACE. AFTER THOSE LAUNCHES, OKIN AT ALL THE DATA, WE MADE SURE THAT THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE THE PROCEDURES FULFILL ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE DIDN’T NEED TO CHECK THE ENGINE WHEN IT INTO THE ASSESSMENT AND THAT, YES, WE WERE READY. >> FANTASTIC AGAIN, YOU’VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS I THINK IT IS. YOU’VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM, THE ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS, THE REQUIREMENT BILLING, ALL OF THAT. TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS APPROACH SAFETY AND THE SAFETY PHILOSOPHY YOU TOOK AND DEVELOPED AND NOW TESTIFYING THIS ROCKET. >> WE BELIEVE THIS VEHICLE IS VERY SAFE. IS NOT JUST A RECORD OF 15 CONSECUTIVE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT TESTS. IF IT WAS JUST THATWE COULDN’T DO IT. THE REASON WE KNOW IT SAFE IS

BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH MORE TESTING ON THE VEHICLE AND THE COMPONENTS ON THE GROUND. THEY WERE MUCH MORE STRESSING CONDITIONS. WHAT THE FLIGHT TESTS TELL US IS WHAT THE VEHICLE AND ITS COMPONENTS HAVE AND WHAT THE NORMAL CONDITIONS ARE. WE BEYOND THOSE CONDITIONS, REALLY UNTIL WE BREAK IT. ALWAYS SAY, IT’S SAFE, IT’S BECAUSE WE KNOW IT CAN TAKE MUCH MORE THAN IT’S EVER EXPERIENCED IN FLIGHT. REALLY, THE FLIGHT IS KIND OF >>FAASTIC. VEHICLE. I WANT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION FOR JUST A MOMENT TO THE NEXT VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET OF PROGRAMS THAT WE’VE GOT GOING ON AT ”NEW SHEPARD,” ”NEW GLENN,” AND ”NEW MOON.” ” NEW SHEPARD” IS BUILT INTO E DNOF THOSE. WE DON’T JUST STOP WITH ”NEW SHEPARD,” WE’RE GOING TO ORBITAL AND BEYOND. WANT YOU TALK ABOUT HOW ” NEW SHEPARD” SUPPORTS THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS? >> ” NEW SHEPARD” IS JUST A PART OF THE ENTIRE STORY OF BLUE ORIGIN.

IF WE JUST SET OUT TO MAKE A SPACE TOURISM VEHICLE, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THE ”NEW SHEPARD,” IT WOULD BE OVERLY COME PICK IT UP AND WE SELECTED THE ARCHITECTURE OF ” NEW SHEPARD” SO WE COULD BUILD A VEHICLE AND TECHNOLOGIES TO ALLOW US TO GET PRACTICE AND DEVELOP THOSE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THESE OTHER VEHICLES. FOR EXAMPLE, A POWERED LANDING VERTICALLY. TAKE A LOOK AT A Y TO LAND A VEHICLE. IT’S VERY SCALABLE THOUGH. IF YOU ARE GOING TO A PLACE LIKE THE MOON, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO DO IT. YOU CAN LAND ON THE MOON WITH WINGS. THESE ENGINES ARE NEEDED TO LAND ON OTHER PLANETS AND, ALSO, LIID OXYGEN AND LIQUID HYDROGEN PROPELLANTS ARE VERY HIGH-PERFORMING, THE HIGHEST- PERFORMING THE BALANCE THERE ARE AND YOU CAN ALMOST EXTRACT THEM FROM THE PARTS. >> AGAIN, ”NEW SHEPARD,” A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THING WE’RE DOING HERE AT BLUE ORIGIN. OF COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT PAYLOAD PROGRAM WITH

FLN. CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE ALREAD THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING THOUGH. THERE WILL BE MANY GREAT THINGS TO COME FOR BLUE ORIGIN. I WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT AND TALK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, SAFETY JUST A SECOND AGO, AND TALK ABOUT REDUNDANCY. THE BACKUP SYSTEMS, AND, E CASE OF ”NEW SHEPARD,” BACKUP SYSTEMS TO BACKUP SYSTEMS TO THE BACKUP SYSTEMS TO THE BACKUP SYSTEMS. WHAT IS GOING ON THERE? IT GOES BEYOND WHAT MEETS THE EYE, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO EVERY SYSTEM ON THE ”NEW SHEPARD” VEHICLE NEEDED FOR SAFETY HAS ONE OR MORE BACKUPS. MANY BACKUPS INLOT OF CASES. SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES. WE’VE ALREADY TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE ESCAPE SYSTEM. THAT WILL ACTIVATE IN CASE THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ROCKET. IT WILL ACTIVATE AND PROPEL THE CREW AWAY. IT WILL LAND SAFELY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARACHUTES. THERE ARE THREE PARACHUTES. WE’VE DESIGNED THE VEHICLE TO LAND FOR ONLY ONE OF THOSE PARACHUTES OPEN. BUT THAT IS JUST THE START OF EVERY VALVE AND MECHANISM ON THE VEHICLE, EVERY BATTERY, EVERY SENSOR, EVERY WIRE, EVERY FLIGHT COMPUTER, EVERYTHING ON THE VEHICLE HAS A BACKUP. AND, IN SOME CASES, MULTIPLE BACKUPS. >> AN INCREDIBLY REDUNDANT VEHICLE. LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, WOULD YOU PUT YOUR KIDS ON BOARD? >> WE SET OUT TO DESIGN THIS VEHICLE FOR ANYBODY, NOT PROFESSIONAL ASTRONAUTS, ANYBODY WITH VERY LITTLE TRAINING. THAT IS A VERY HARD PROBLEM. YES, WE HAVE SUCCEEDED AND I WOULD PUT MY OWN KIDS ON THE VEHICLE. >> ALL RIGHT, ONE DAY, SUMMER VACATION IN SPACE. [ LAUGHTER ] THANK YOU, GARY. APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS. I LOOK FORWAR SEEING YOU BACK HERE LATER ON IN THE SHOW. WE’LL GET A LOT MORE INPUT FROM GARY AGAIN, THE ARCHITECT OF

”NEW SHEPARD.” WITH THAT, LET’S TAKE A BREATHER AND LOOK AT ”NEW SHEPARD” ON THE PAD, AS WE INCH CLOSER TOWARDS FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT . >> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, IF YOU’RE JUST JOINING US, THISIS BLUE ORIGIN’S FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. IN WEST TEXAS, WE ARE LIVE AT T- MINUS 1 OUR INTIMACY GO UNTIL JEFF BEZOS, MARK BEZOS, WALLY FUNK AND OFFERS CUSTOMER FROM THE NETHERLANDS, OLIVER DAVID, ROCKET TO SPACE AND BACK. THE EXCIMENTIS PALPABLE DOWN HERE AT LAUNCH SITE ONE IN WEST TEXAS. I WANT TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FOR YOU. WHY DO WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE AFOREMENTIONED IT’S NOT, THE BASALS BROTHERS, JEFF AND MARK. >> YOU SEE THE EARTH FROM SPACE AND THE CHANGES YOU. CHANGES YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPLENDA, HUMANITY. IT’S ONE EARTH. I WANT TO GO ON THIS FLIGHT BECAUSE I THINK I’VE WANTED TO DO IT ALL MY LIFE. IT’S AN ADVENTURE.

IT’S A BIG DEAL FOR ME. I INVITED MY BROTHER TO COME ON THIS FIRST FLIGHT BECAUSE WE’RE CLOSEST FRIENDS. I REALLY WANT YOU TO COME WITH ME. WOULD YOU? >> ARE YOU SERIOUS? >> I THINK WILL BE MEANINGFUL TO MY BROTHER THERE. >> I WASN’T EXPECTING THEM TO SAY, HE’S GOING TO BE ON E RST FLIGHT. THEN, WHEN HE ASKED ME TO GO ALONG, I WAS JUST AWESTRUCK. >> SERIOUSLY? >> IF YOU WANT TO. >> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> REMARKABLE OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY TO HAVE THIS ADVENTURE, BUT PEOPLE TO DO IT WITH MY BEST FRIEND. >> HOW GREAT, BROTHERS SHARING THIS EXPENSE TOGETHER. MARK HAS BEEN WITH THE BLUE ORIGIN STORY EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. SO GREAT TO SEE YOU WITH US HERE, MARK. WE’RE NOT STOPPING THERE. SECOND HUMAN FLIGHT AND BEYOND, THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. YOU KNOW, SINCE THE AUCTION ON

JUNE 12th, I’VE HAD THE GOOD PHE TH MANY OF THE G ON THE PARTICIPANTS FROM THE AUCTION WHO HAVE NOW BEEN QUICKLY FILLING UP SEATS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL WATCHES. SALES ARE OPEN, EVERYBODY. IF YOU’RE INTERESTED, SEND US AN EMAIL AT WE ARE PLANNING MANY MORE FLIGHTS TO COME AND IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING. FOLKS, THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC RIDE. YOU’RE IN THE CREW CAPSULE, LAUNCHING 100 KILOMETERSUP OVER THE CARMEN LINE, THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LINE OF SPACE, AND SAFELY BACK TO EARTH. WHAT A CREW CAPSULE IT IS. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. >> FOR YOUR ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME JOURNEY, YOU WILL TRAVEL PAST THE BOUNDARIES OF BIRTH’S AND MR. AND INTO OUTER SPACE. FEATURING WINDOWS THAT COMPRISE 1/3 OF THE CAPSULE’S SURFACE STRUURE ME E LARGEST WINDOWS EVER IN SPACE. YOU’LL HAVE A VIEW OF THE CURVE OF THE PLANET AND THE VAST DARKNESS OF THE COSMOS.

EVERY DETAIL OF THE CAPSULE HAS BEEN PRECISION ENGINEERED FOR YOUR SAFETY AND COMFORT. RECLINING SEATS, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ABSORB THE IMPACT OF LANDING. AN ESCAPE MOTOR THAT CAN SAFELY PROPEL THE CAPSULE FROM THE BOOSTER ROCKET. AT THE APEX OF YOUR FLIGHT, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE WEIGHTLESSNESS, UNBUCKLING FROM YOUR SEAT, FREE TO EXPLORE AND PERSPECTIVES FROM EACH WINDOW BEFORE YOU RETURN TO EARTH. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A REVOLUTIONIZED SPACE TRAVEL. BLUE ORIGIN IS GONNA TAKE YOU THERE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> SO YEAH, OUR CREW CAPSULE IS PRETTY SWEET AND VERY SPACIOUS. I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE CREW CAPSULE HAS 10 TIMES THE VOLUME THAT ALAN SHEPARD HAD ON HIS FLIGHT TO SPACE. NOTICE THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS AND CONVERSION TO POOR ALAN, WHO HAD IT SINCE THE LITTLE PORTHOLE TO LOOK OUT OF. OUR ASTRONAUTS THEY ARE GOING TO GET AN AMAZING VIEW. TODAY, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS JUST THE FIRST OF MANY FIGHTS

TO COME ON ”NEW SHEPARD” FOR E CAULE. LET ME TELL YOU, FOR SOMEBODY AT THE RECENT LIVE AUCTION FOR THE VERY FIRST SEAT ON TODAY’S AUCTION, PEOPLE WANT TO FLY TO SPACE. WE HAD NEARLY 7600 PEOPLE FROM 159 COUNTRIES REGISTERED TO BID. HUGE GLOBAL INTEREST. IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO BE IN THE ROOM WHEN THE WINNING BID W ALL OF THAT MONEY WENT TO BLUE ORIGIN’S CLUB FOR THE FUTURE. IT WAS TRULY A STUNNING DAY FROM WHICH WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL AND ACTUALLY HUMBLED. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LESS FAMILIAR WITH OUR CLUB FOR THE FUTURE JIM, WHAT IS THE CLUB? LOOK FOR THE FUTURE’S MISSION IS TO INSPIRE YOUNGER GENERATIONS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN STEM AND TO PRESERVE THE THCLUBAND THE COLLABORATORS ARE DOING THIS IN MANY WAYS, LIKE SENDING STUDENT POSTCARDS TO SPACE ON ”NEW SHEPARD” AND BACK, SENDING THEM POSTS OF THEM FLOWN IN SPACE, OF COURSE. THEY’VE ALSO BEEN ESTABLISHING BASIC STATES-FOCUSED CURRICULUM

AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO SPACE ONBOARD ROCKETS. JUST LAST WEEK, TO SPREAD THE LOVE, BLUE ORIGIN AND CLUB FO E FUTURE AND OUTS OF THESE 19 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE WILL EACH RECEIVE $1 MILLION IN THE $20 MILLION. INCREDIBLE TO SEE ALL THAT MONEY BEING USED TO HELP GET THE NEXT GENERATION EXCITED ABOUT SPACE. WHY DON’T WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT CLUB FOR THE FUTURE, WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT’S DOING AND WHERE IT’S GOING. >> [ APPLAUSE ] >> MY GENERATION’S JOB, BUILD A WAY TO SPACE SO THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN UNLEASH THEIR CREATIVITY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO IS INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF LIFE IN SPACE. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> FROM BLUE ORIGIN, WHERE REPRESENTING THE FLIGHTS TO SPACE. >> CLUB FOR THE FUTURE, ASKING K-12 STUDENTS, SEND US STCAS WITH THEIR DREAMS OF THE FUTURE.

>> MINE SAYS, THE FUTURE IS ONLY AN HOUR AWAY. WE KNOW THE FUTURE HAS TO BE DONE NOW, TODAY. >> THAT’S REALLY QUAINT, REALLY COOL. >> WE’RE GOING TO SEND THESE POSTCARDS TO SPACE IN ”NEW SHEPARD.” THEN WE’RE GOING TO BRING THEM BACK AND MAIL THEM BACK TO YOU. >> FANTASTIC. WHAT A GREAT DRAWING. TIME TO VERIFY. NICE. THAT’S BEAUTIFUL. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> I’M INTERESTED IN SPACE MEDICINE D SPACE EXPRESSION. I HAVE AN INTEREST IN ROCKET LAUNCHING. >> THANK YOU, CLUB FOR THE FUTURE. THE KIDS I TALKED TO EARLIER, THEIR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERATION, WE ARE IN GOOD SHAP BIG THINGS START SMALL. >> COMING TO YOU, THE FUTURE OF SPACE IS IN VERY GOOD HANDS. GUYS, WE’RE BUILDING THE ROAD TO SPACE. THE JOURNEY ON IT IS GOING TO BE YOURS THOUGH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF BRIGHT KIDS OUT THERE. THESE, KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, GUYS. WITH THAT, WHEN WE TAKE A BREATHER, CHECK OUT ”NEW SHEPARD” ON THE PAD AS SHE GETS READY FOR FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYBODY, TES. OINING US LIVE FROM WEST WE ARE HERE AT JUST ONE HOUR AND TWO MINUTES TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH. WE ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING OUR FIRST LIVE LIVES OF TODAY’S ASTRONAUTS. THEY’RE GOING INTO THE FINAL OPERATIONS WITH NUMBER SEVEN BEFORE EXITING THE TRAINING CENTER AND HEADING TO THE LAUNCHPAD IN THEIR REVIEW I KNOW CREWMEMBERS, GETTING THEIR NAME FROM THE ”NEW SHEPARD” PROGRAM. TODAY’S FLIGHT HAS FOUR, ALL SIX SEATS WERE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN FUTURE FLIGHTS. CREW NUMBER SEVEN IS THATTHE SEVEN NUMBER OF EACH ASTRONAUT CREW. IT’S A TWO-PERSONAL. HERE’S SOME FOOTAGE OF KEVIN WITH OUR CURRENT CREW NUMBER SEVEN, WE WILL HAVE THAT FOR

YOU IN A SECOND. SARAH AND KEVIN DON’T GO TO CRICAL TEAM MEMBERS THAT STAY WITH THE CREW EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, INCLUDING AS VOICE OF MISSION CONTROL TO THE ASTRONAUTS DURING THE FLIGHT. BASICALLY, WHEN THEY ARE IN THE CASTLE OF THE CREW. YOU WILL HEAR, ON TODAY’S FLIGHT, SARAH, AS THE CAPSULE PREDICATIVE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I HAVE GONE THROUGH ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE TRAINING. I CAN TELL YOU, THE CREWMEMBER SEVEN RULES ARE ESSENTIAL. KEVIN AND SARAH MET ME, AS WELL HAD DURING TRAINING, THE THAT I EVENING THAT WE ARRIVED IN EL PASO, TEXAS AND WE WERE IN GREAT HANDS. WE WERE IN INCREDIBLY COMPETENT HANDS FOR THE BEGINNING DOWN TO THE END OF OUR JOURNEY HERE IN TES. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO KEVIN AND SARAH FOR HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER FOR OUR ASTRONAUTS. I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO ANOTHER CRITICAL MEMBER OF OUR TEAM BLUE, AUDREY POWERS. IN HER NEW ROLE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF MISSION AND FLIGHT

OPERATIONS, SHE RECENTLY JOINED US HERE AT THE DESK FOR A CHAT ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO ARRIVE AT THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT. AUDREY, IT’S SO GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. YOU’VE BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY AND THIS ROCKET. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW YOU ARE FEELING TODAY. HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY? >> I AM FEELING VERY EXCITED. >> YEAH? >> WE HAD AN AMAZING FLIGHT REVIEW YESTERDAY AND THE TEAM IS SO, SO MP. >> AWESOME. ALSO, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME OUR VIEWERS HAVE MET YOU. YOU WERE ON THE LAST FLIGHT. YOU WERE ONE OF OUR, WILL BE CALLED, ASTRONAUTS, SPELLED ASTRONS. AT WAS THAT LIKE GOING TO THE TRAINING, BEING ONE OF THE ASTRONOTS? >> ARE SEXY IN THEIR WORKING, NOT JUST HAVING FUN. >> RIGHT, RIGHT, WE KNOW. >> [ LAUGHTER ] GOING TO THE TRAINING TO SEE HOW IT PROGRESSED OVER TIME. A NUMBER OF US REVIEWED THE

TRAINING EARLY ON. I WILL SAY, OUR AINING HAS REACHED SUCH A REALLY GREAT SPOT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS. OUR HUMAN FACTORS TEAM HAS PROVIDED A LOT OF INPUT. OUR SEAM-7 TEAM HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON WHAT’S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO FIRST SAFELY GET THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE AND THEN JUST REALLY ENJOYETHEITIME UP THERE. YEAH, SO IT WAS JUST VETTING THE ENTIRE EXPERIENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COVER THE RIGHT ASPECTS OF IT. >> RIGHT. SO I ALSO GOT TO BE AN ASTRONOTS CREW AND GOT TO DO THE CRITICAL STEP THOSE NEXT, WHICH IS GETTING INSIDE OF THE CAPSULE, ON TOP OF THE ROCKET, ONCE FULLY FUELED, FULLY LOADED, LIKE WE DID DURING OUR LAST LAUNCH AND LAST WEBCAST. YOU WERE ONE OF TWO, YOU AND GARY WENT IN THERE. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE WHEN YOU WENT IN THERE AND THE HATCH WAS CLOSED? WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE? >> YEAH, THE ENTIRE TOWER OPERATION OF ASTRONAUT LOAD WAS JUST A VERY SENSORY EXPERIENCE.

WE WALK THROUGH THE SEQUENCE A COUPLE DAYS IN ADVANCE JUST TO H MOVEMENTS. ON LAUNCH DAY THOUGH, WE GOT OUT OF THE CARS AND WE WERE STANDING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOWER. YOU COULD HEAR THE VEHICLE VENTING. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE WAS FROST COMING OFF THE SIDE LIKE YOU WOULD SEE SOMETIMES IN MOVIES. >> RIGHT. >> JUST THIS OVERWHELMING SENSE OF THIS THING THAT IS WAITING TO LAUNCH. WE’RE KIND OF HOLDING IT UP, YOU KNOW? >> RIGHT? >> SO THERE WAS A GREAT SENSE OF URGENCY THAT DIDN’T EXIST ON THE DAYS THAT WE REHEARSED IT. WHEN WE GOT UP AND FINALLY STRAPPED INTO OUR SEAT, IT WAS A VERY MECHANICAL ONE BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING WE HAD GONE THROUGH IN THE SIMULATOR. WE SAT DOWN AND STRAPPED IN. IT WASN’T UNTIL THEN THAT YOU’RE WAITING FOR THE CREW TO DO THE CHECKS AND EMPTY OUT THE CABIN OF THE VARIOUS EQUIPMENTS

THAT YOU KIND OF LOOK OUT AND YOU REALIZE HOW HIGH UP YOU ARE. >> WHERE YOU ARE? [ LAUGHTER ] >> YEAH, AND YOU CAN FEEL THE VEHICLE SWAYING A LITTLE BIT ON THE LAUNCH MOUND. >> YEAH. >> THAT ROCKET IS READY TO LAUNCH. WHEN IT CLOSED, I REMEMBER THINKING BEFORE, I WANT TO HAVE ALL THESE CLEVER THINGS TO SAY TOGETHER FOR SO LONG. RKED I COULDN’T THINK OF ANYTHING. IT WAS JUST LIKE, I WANT TO GO SO BAD. YOU KNOW? CAN YOU LOCK THE HATS FROM INSIDE? >> WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU GUYS WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT COMPLACENT IN THE STATION. CAMERAS WERE UP. >> YEAH, IT WAS IS IS REALLY RICH SENSORY EXRIEN BEG IN THERE, FROM ALL ANGLES. >> YEAH. ALSO, YOUR NOW HEAD OF ”NEW SHEPARD” FLIGHT AND MISSION OFFICE. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE, THE STEAK MAXI PUTTING PEOPLE UP

AND WE’RE CLOSING THE HATCH AND WE’RE KEEPING THE PEOPLE IN THE CAPSULE TO GO TO SPACE AND BACK. WHAT DOES THAT FEEL LIKE? >> WELL WE’VE SPENT, IN RECENT WEEKS, WE FINALIZED A YEARS- LONG EFFORT CALLED OUR HUMAN FLIGHT CERTIFICATION PLAN. IT CULMINATED IN AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST MONTH, WITH EXTERNAL REVIEWERS AND OUR FAA PARTNERS INVOLVED. IT WAS KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, YEARS OF WORK ON THIS PROGRAM. I WAS SO STRUCK BY HOW MUCH WORK HAS GONE INTO IS ACROSS THE YEARS AND ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES. >> RIGHT. >> AND THE PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM KIND OF FINALIZING ALL THESE CHECKBOXES, IT WAS JUST AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF HISTORY THAT WE HAVE COLLECTED IN THIS PROGRAM. I WAS SO — BEFORE I CAME TO THIS POSITION IN ”NEW SHEPARD,” I SUPPORTED ”NEW SHEPARD.” I KNEW THE HARD WORK GOING ON IN THIS PROGRAM, BUT I HAVE

BEEN SO, SO STRUCK BY JUST THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE BIAS FOR ACTION AND JUST THE CRITICAL THKINGTHAT EVERYONE ON THIS PROGRAM PUTS IN. I HAVE BEEN AWESTRUCK BY PEOPLE THAT I’M WORKING WITH FOR YEARS. I KNEW WHAT GREAT WORK THEY DID. BUT BEING PART OF IT AND PART OF THIS TEAM, I’M JUST SO HONORED THAT EY NTED ME IN THIS POSITION AND THAT I’M PARTICIPATING IN THIS NOW. >> ANDRE, TO YOU AND TO YOUR TEAM, TO THE WHOLE BLUE ORIGIN TEAM, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE LAUNCH . YOU KNOW, GOD SPEED, ”NEW SHEPARD.” >> THANK YOU, CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT EITHER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> AUDREY OFFERS SUCH GREAT INSIGHT INTO ”NEW SHEPARD.” SHE’S ALSO A PILOT HERSELF . AND THE CHAIR E COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT FEDERATION. SHE’S HAD AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON SPACE LEGISLATION AND POLICY IN MAJOR WAYS, AS WELL AS A MAJOR IMPACT ON BLUE ORIGIN.

THANK YOU TO AUDREY. SHE’S KIND OF BUSY TODAY. WE’RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HAD HER ON THE STAGE JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. ALL RIGHT, WE ARE T-MINUS 59 MINUTES FOR BLUE ORIGIN SENDING ”NEW SHEPARD” TO SPACE WITH HER FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT CREW. LET’S TAKE A LOOK. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AGAIN, FOR JOINING US LIVE FROM WEST TEXAS FOR BLUE ORIGIN’S FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. WE ARE AT T-MINUS 52 MINUTES TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH. RIGHT NOW, OUR FOUR ASTRONAUTS ARE INSIDE THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER. WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO EXIT TO GET IN THETHEN WE WENT FO A GO FROM ASTRONAUT LOAD IN. I CAN HEAR THE HELICOPTER ABOVE FOLLOWING THEM ON THEIR WAY OUT. THAT ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER, WHAT WE HAVE IN THAT TRAINING CENTER, IS BASICALLY A CLASSROOM, BUT I WOULD SAY, THE CENTERPIECE OF IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CREW CAPSULE SIMULATOR. THAT’S A REALLY COOL SIMULATOR.

THE PAST. WE’VE HAD A MOCK UP THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE SOME BURIES EVENTS ON. BUT THE SIMULATOR THAT’S IN THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER IS KIND OF A STEP ABOVE, A STEP BEYOND, BECAUSE, IN IT, WE ARE ABLE TO SIMULATE THE SOUNDS, THE VIBRATIONS, THE FULL-PROOF SCREEN AND ALERT SYSTEM WE HAVE FOR EVERY SINGLE SEAT. AND SO, DURING THE TRAINING, YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME, OF COURSE, UNDERSTANDING THE GENERAL ”NEW SHEPARD” SYSTEM, ALL THE PROCEDURES , UNDRESS, REDRESS, AND GETTING TO KNOW THE BLUE ORIGIN TEAM. BUT YOU DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THAT CREW CAPSULE. AND, AS MENTIONED, WE GO THROUGH THESE SIMULATIONS OF THE FLIGHT IN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT SCENARIOS SO THAT OUR ASTRONAUTS FEEL COMFORTABLE, AS WE SAID, SO THEY CAN SIT BACK AND KIND OF ENJOY THE RIDE, ENJOY THIS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. THEY’VE GOT THESE HUGE WINDOWS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. WE WANT THEM TO BE FOCUSED ON

THAT VIEW, FOCUSED ON FEELING THE GEEZ AS THEY COME ON. U ARE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL, NICE, SOFT, DECLINED SEATS TO DISPERSE THE GEEZ. IT’S A WONDERFUL EXPENSE. THIS SIMULATOR, WE RUN THESE SCENARIOS WITH FULL AUDIO, FULL VIBRATION. IT’S A REALLY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM, LET’S SAY. NO WE ALSO, OF COURSE, WE WILL TAKE HIM OUT TO THE PAD THE DAY BEFORE LAUNCH. WE WANT THEM TO WALK UP THE CREW-ACCESS TOWER. YOU’LL SEE, IT’S HIDDEN A LITTLE BIT IN THAT SHOT THER ON THE LEFT. THAT IS THE SAFETY SHELTER THOUGH. SO WE’LL SEE, AS THE ASTRONAUTS AND DRIVE OUT TO THE PAD ITSELF, THEY WILL ASCEND THE SET OF STAIRS ON THE LEFT. THEY WILL KIND OF TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMEOUT IN THE SAFETY SHELTER. THE CREWMEMBER SEN, KEVI WILL GO OUT TO ACROSS THE BRIDGE THERE TO THE TOWER THAT’S IN THE CENTER OF YOUR SCREEN.

HE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE TOWER CREW THERE, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SET TO GO FOR OUR ASTRONAUTS. HE WILL THEN GO BACK TO THE SAFETY SHELTEAND GET THE ASTRONAUTS AND GET THEM IN GRASSED INTO THE CAPSULE. THE ASTRONAUTS RIGHT NOW THOUGH, THEY ARE IN THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER. WE ARE WAITING FOR THEM TO EMERGE SHIRLEY AS WE ARE T- MINUS 49 MINUTES TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH. AGAIN, THEY’RE GOING TO BE ENTERING INTO THEIR RIVIAN TRUCKS AND HEADING OUT TO THE LAUNCHPAD. THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE ASTRONAUTS. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THOSE SHINING SMILES OF THEIRS. I’M SURE THEY’RE TRYING TO CONTAIN THEIR EXCITEMENTS YOU KNOW, YOU’VE GOT THAT EXCITED ENERGY THAT, OF COURSE, THEY ARE CONTROLLING THEMSELVES. ALTHOUGH, AGAIN, LET’S BE HONEST, WALLY FUNK DOESN’T CONTROL HER EXCITEMENT. I WAS FULLY EXPECTING HER TO DO A FULL SOMERSAULT AND CARTWHEEL ON HER WAY INTO THE RIVIANS.

WHEN WE WAIT HERE FOR A MOMENT AS WE WAIT FOR THOSE ASTRONAUTS TO EMERGE? >> THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYBODY, FOR JOINING US LIVE FROM ”NEW SHEPPARD’S” FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. WE HAVE GOT HER ON THE GROUND. CORRESPONDENT, KATELYN DIETRICH, JUST OUTSIDE THE TRAINING CENTER. CAITLIN, WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE? >> Reporter: YOU CAN REALLY FEEL THE ENERGY STTINGTO BUILD NOW. WE JUST HEARD HIM EVERYTHING IS CONTINUING NOMINALLY TOWARDS LAUNCH. THE COUNTDOWN IS MOVING FORWARD. WE GOT OUR HELICOPTERS IN THE AIR, WAITING TO CAPTURE OUR ASTRONAUTS AS THEY TAKE THEIR RIVIAN TRUCKS TO THE LAUNCHPAD. THE SUN IS COMING UP, A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. OUR STINK WILL BE STANDING ON THE ROAD, HOOTING AND HOLLERING, AS THE ASTRONAUTS DRIVE BY ON THEIR WAY TO THE TOWER. STARTING TO GET GOOSEBUMPS OVER HERE. IT’S A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL.

WE’LL BE BACK IN JUST A COUPLE MINUTES. WE’LL WATCTHESTRONAUTS AS THEY HEAD OUT INTO THEIR TRUCK AND ON THE WAY TO SPACE. >> FANTASTIC. THANKS, KATELYN. WE’LL SEND YOU BACK TO KATELYN IN A MOMENT HERE AS WE WAIT FOR THOSE ASTRONAUTS TO EMERGE FROM THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER. I’LL TELL YOU, THE LAST THING THAT THEY DO BEFORE THEY EXITED THE TRAINING CENTER IS THERE’S THIS SPECIAL COIN CEREMONY, IT’S A CHALLENGE COIN THAT’S GIVEN TO EACH ONE OF THE ASTRAU THEIR SUIT UP TO SPACE AND BACK. IT’S A MILITARY TRADITION. BUT IT REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A PART OF THE TEAM. WHAT A TEAM TO BE PART OF, WHAT A CREW TO BE A PART OF. ONLY TRAN31” ASTRONAUTS CAN GET THESE COINS. YOU ONLY GET THE COIN TO GET TO GO UP TO SPACE AND BACK. THESE ASTRONAUTS, AGAIN, HAVE COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING AND THEY ARE READY TO BECOME THE NEXT SET OF INTERNATIONAL

ASTRONAUTS. AGAIN, WAITING HERE FOR JUST A MOMENT. WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS TO EMERGE FROM THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER, WE ARE AT T-MINUS 46 MINUTES TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYBODY, FOR JOINING US LIVE FOR ”NEW SHEPARD’S” FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. T-MINUS 41 MINUTES. HERE THE ASTRONAUTS COME! THERE, YOU SEE JEFF BEZOS IN THE FOREGROUND, OLIVER DAVID, STEPPING TO THE RIVIAN. CREW NUMBER SEVEN, KEVIN SPOKE, THERE ON THE RIGHT. ALSO WALLY FUNK. WHAT A MOMENT FOR HER. AT THE AGE OF 82, SHE WILL BECOME THE OLDEST ASTRONAUTS HAVE EVER FLOWN IN TO SPACE. [ LAUGHTER ] THERE SHE IS, LOADING IN THE THE RIVIAN. WALLY WAS PARTOF THE MERCURY 13 PROGRAM BACK IN THE 1960s. THE PROGRAM TRAINED WOMEN TO GO TO SPACE. IT WAS ULTIMATELY CANCELED. NOW IT’S A MOMENT. TODAY IS AN INCREDIBLE DAY FOR HER. >> ALL RIGHT, NOW WE’RE GOING

TO BE WAITING FOR MISSION CONTROL TO GET A GOAL FOR ASTRONAUT LOAD OUT TO THE PAD. THAT’S WHEN THEY WILL — THE RIVIAN — WILL START HEADING THEY’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO PASS RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE. I’M CERTAINLY GOING TO GIVE THEM A WAVE. THEY WILL THEN PASS MISSION CONTROL , GET SOME LAST-MINUTE LOVE FROM OUR TEAM THERE, AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES. THEN THEY WILL HEAD DOWN THE ROAD TO SPACE TO THE LAUNCHPAD. WE’RE GO FOR LOAD. THERE THEY GO, EVERYBODY. >> [ SCREAMING ] >> [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> [ LAUGHTER ] WHAT A MOMENT. YOU CAN PROBABLY HEAR OUR TEAM ALREADY LOSING IT DOWN HERE. WE ARE SUPER EXCITED. THERE THEY ARE. HI FIVES FROM EVERYBODY. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT. THEY’RE COMING OVER HERE, JUST BEHIND MY RIGHT SHOULDER. THE MOMENT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR, HERE AT BLUE ORIGIN, SO MUCH HARD WORK LEADING TOTH MOMENT . HOW EXCITING. WALLY FUNK, THE JEFF BEZOS BROTHERS, OLIVER DAYTON, OUR

FOUR CREWMEMBERS, HEADING TO THE LAUNCHPAD. THERE THEY GO. SEE YOU GUYS! OH MY GOSH, THE FLIGHT OF A LIFETIME. JUST A COUPLE OF YARDS TO MY LEFT, THAT IS MISSION CONTROL. HERE THEY GO, PASSING BY MISSION CONTROL. THERE YOU SEE JEFF BEZOS, WAVING TO THE TEAM. THEY’RE GOING TO HANG A LEFT THERE. THEY HAD DOWN THE ROAD TO SPACE. NOW WHILE WE WATCH THEM TRAVEL DOWN THAT ROAD TO SPACE, THEY’VE GOT JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS. IT’S A LONG TWO-MILE ROAD THERE. WE GOT A COUPLE OF MONTS. WHEN WE MEET AVIATION ICON, WALLY FUNK? >> FOR FOUR MINUTES, COME BACK DOWN, LAND GENTLY ON THE DESERT SURFACE. WE OPENED THE HATCH AND YOU STEP OUTSIDE. WAS THE FIRST THING YOU SAY? >> WE SAY, HONEY, THAT WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME. >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> I’VE BEEN FLYING FOREVER.

I HAD 19,600 FLYING HOURS. I HAVE TAUGHT OVER 3000 PEOPLE TO FLY,, COMMERCIAL, INSTRUMENT, FLIGHT ENGINEER, A LYING TRANSPORT, GLIDING, EVERYTHING FAA HAS, I’VE GOT THE LICENSE FOR IT. I CANNOT RUN YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> BACK IN THE 0s, I WAS DOING AN EARLY 13 PROGRAM. THEY ASKED ME, DO YOU WANT TO FLY NATIONALLY? I SAID, YES. THEY TOLD ME, I HAD DONE BETTER AND COMPLETED THE WORK FASTER THAN ANY OF THE GUYS. SO I GOT A HOLD OF NASA FOUR TIMES. I SAID, I WANT TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. WOULD YOU TAKE ME? I DIDN’T THINK I WOULD EVER GET TO GO UP. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> THEY SAID, WALLY, YOU’RE A GIRL. YOU CAN DO THAT! I SAID, GUESS WHAT? DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU ARE. YOU CAN STILL DO IT IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. AND I LIKE TO DO THINGS THAT NO

>> FIRST FLIGHT UP INTO SPACE, THE VERY FIRST FLIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I CAN’T TELL PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING HOW FABULOUS I FEEL TO BE PICKED BY BLUE ORIGIN TO GO ON THIS TRIP . >> YOU GONNA BE AN ASTRONAUT. >> FINALLY! I WILL LOVE EVERY SECOND OF IT! [ SCREAMING ] [ LAUGHTER ] I CAN HARDLY WAIT. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> WE ARE JUST SOTHRILLED AND, FRANKLY, HONORED TO HELP WALLY FUNK FINALLY REALIZE HER DREAM OF GOING TO SPACE. NOW, RECENTLY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPEND A COUPLE OF MOMENTS WITH HER, RIGHT HERE AT THE DESK. WHY DON’T WE TAKE A LOOK? WALL IT ISA PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. AS A FELLOW PILOT, YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. THANK YOU. >> YOU DON’T KNOW HOW GREAT IT IS TO MEET YOU. YOU ARE A PILOT? I WANT YOU TO GO FLYING MORE IN THAT GLIDER. IT’S GREAT. >> HOPEFULLY, FOLLOW IN YOUR

FOOTSTEPS AND GO ON ”NEW SHEPARD” ONE DAY . >> ACTUALLY, YES. >> WALLY, YOU WAITED A WHILE TO GO TO SPACE. I HAVE A QUESTION, ARE YOU EXCITED? >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> OF COURSE! SINCE I GOT ON THE AIRPLANE AND I GOT TO FLY THE AIRPLANE, YOU GET HE ANMEET ALL OF YOU? THIS IS SO FANTASTIC. >> SO, ON LAUNCH DAY, WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE THE MOST EXCITING THING? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST? >> LIFT OFF, CLIMB, BEING ABLE TO MOVE AROUND — IF THERE’S ROOM — I WANT TO DO A LOT OF STUFF. I’VE DONE IT IN OTHER SITUATIONS. >> YOU WERE JUST TELLING ME A SECOND AGO, YOU GONNA TAKE YOUR CAMERA UP THERE. YOU’VE GOT A POSTCARD THAT YOU GONNA TAKE A PHOTO WITH. >> THAT’S WAGOG TO BE ON THE WINDOW WHEN I GO UP. I’M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE EARTH BEHIND ME.

>> THAT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF YOU AND AMERICAN FLAG BACK THERE. >> [ LAUGHTER ] >> THAT’S GOING TO BE A SPECTACULAR PHOTO. SO, YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME DOWN HERE IN WEST TEXAS AND OUR LAUNCH SITE. WHAT YOU THINK? >> I USED TO BE IN TEXAS AND TAUGHT. I THINK EVERYTHING HERE IS FANTASTIC. THE FOOD IS SO GREAT, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S COMING FROM CALIFORNIA. YOU’RE LUCKY TO BE HERE WITH ALL THESE FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT’S GOING ON. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO, WALLY, AS I SAID, YOU’VE BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ME. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF UNG OPLETHAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WANT TO GO TO SPACE? >> I HAVE TALKED TO YOUNG PEOPLE ALL MY LIFE. HOW MANY OF YOU GIRLS AND BOYS WANT TO FLY? WELL, NOT MANY RAISE THEIR HANDS AND THEY SAY, LET ME TELL

YOU WHAT, GET YOUR PARENTS, TAKE YOU OUT AND GO FLIGHT. MY PARENTS DID, WHEN I WAS 7- YEARS-OLD AND IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU CONTINUE ON. IF YOU DON’T, YOU MIGHT CONTINUE ON. SOMETHING’S GONNA BE IN YOUR HEART .IT’S GONNA WANT U DO THAT. >> I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU GO TO SPACE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. IT’S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SO YES, AS YOU JUST SAW, WALLY FUNK IS A REAL DEAL. I WAS DOING MY BEST TO CONTAIN MY FAN GIRL MOMENT THERE. AGAIN, SHE IS AN INSPIRATION TO SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, MYSELF INCLUDED. WE SEE HERE, THE ASTRONAUTS ARE STARTING TO ASCEND THE CREW TOWER. THERE’S WALLY, WAITING. SHE’S LEAVING THE CREW. GARY, WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE AT THE DESK TO GET YOU TO HELP WITH THE PLAY-BY-PLAYERE. WE JUS

THEY DROVE AROUND THE ROAD, STOPPED, TOOK A PHOTO, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE’RE MEMORIALIZING THIS MOMENT AS BEST WE CAN FO THESE ASTRONAUTS. THEY SO DESERVE IT. SO, GOING UP THE TOWER, WE’VE GOT WALLY, THEN LOOKS LIKE JEFF BEZOS, HIS BROTHER, MARK AND OLIVER DAEMEN. THEY’RE HEADING UP TO THEIR ROCKET. WHILE WE HAVE A MOMENT HERE, I UNDERSTAND THAT CAITLIN DIETRICH IS STANDING BY AT MISSION CONTROL. WHAT’S GOING ON OUTSIDE OF MISSION CONTROL, CAITLIN? >> HEY, GUYS, KEVIN HERE. I’M WITH DERRICK JONES, THE HEAD OF THE NEW GLENN PROGRAM. HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY, WATCHING THE LAUNCHER? >> IT’S AMAZING, YOU COULD ONLY DREAM ABOUT THIS DAY. IT’S NOT LOST ON ME, PROBABLY THE VIEWERS, LIKE TODAY, JULY 20th. THE DAY NEIL ARMSTRONG, WHO ALSO GRADUATED FROM MY ALMA MATER, BUTLER UP, STEPPED ON THE MOON. [ LAUGHTER ] HE MADE HISTORY AND WE’RE DOING IT WITH BLUE

SEPARATE AND BLUE ORIGIN, DOING OUR FIRST HUMAN LAUNCH. IS JUST AMAZING. THE REASON I’M EXCITED IS THERE’S QUITE A BIT OF A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION FROM THE B-3 ENGINE FROM THE LOCKS AND HYDROGEN, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR LANDING GEAR. THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY FOR US. I’M JUST EXCITED. I WANT TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT AWAY ON ”NEW SHEPARD” AND I’M VERY PROUD OF THIS TEAM AND BLUE ORIGIN AS A WHOLE. JUST AN AMAZING DAY. >> WE ULD LI TO SAY, ”NEW SHEPARD” IS BASICALLY THE SECOND STAGE OF NEW GLANDS PRODUCING THE SECOND STAGE LIVE HERE TODAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. ”NEW SHEPARD” WAS BUILT AND DESIGNED FOR SCALABILITY. WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT IN THESE PLANS. IT’S AMAZING, AMAZING, THE FEET AT WE’RE DOING. JUST PROUD TO BE HERE, JUST GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. >> Reporter: SO SMART. THEY PAY TO BE A STEP-BY-STEP APPROACH HERE TODAY. I WANT TO GIVE IT BACK TO OUR

TEAM ON THE PORCH HERE. HEY, GUYS! >> [ SCREAMING ] >> [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: WE’RE SO EXCITED. WE SAW LAST SHOTS FLY BY HERE A SECOND AGO. IN THAT ROOM, SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST BRILLIANT ENGINEERS FLYING THIS ROCKET TODAY. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT EMOTIONAL. BACK TO YOU, ARIANNA. WE WILL SEE YOU AFTER LUNCH. >> THANK YOU, CAITLIN. ENJOY THE LAUNCH. JERRY JONES, ENJOY THE LAUNCH. EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF AND INSIDE OF MISSION CONTROL, ENJOY THE LAUNCH. GARY, WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE EARLIER. CAITLIN TOUCH ON A JUST A SECOND AGO, HOW BASICALLY IT IS BEING SCALED UP TO NEW GLENN. TELL ME HOW YOU’VE DONE ABOUT THAT. YOUR PART OF, OBVIOUSLY, ”NEW SHEPARD,” THE ARCHITECT OF ”NEW SHEPARD,” BUT YOU VENTING ABOUT THE BROADER ROADMAP THAT >> THAT’S RIGHT, NEW GLENN IS A

SKILL-UP VERSION WITH A DIFFERENT PROPULSION, BUT THE SECOND STAGE OF NEW GLENN, THAT ENGINE IS A DERIVATIVE OF THE B- 3 ENGINE FLYING ”NEW SHEPARD” TODAY. THE TECHNIQUES FOR VERTICAL LANDING, PERFECTED WITH THE ”NEW SHEPARD” VEHICLE, ARE GOING TO PLIETO THE NEW GLENN VEHICLE. WE HAVE VERY HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT THE VERY FIRST LAUNCH OF ”NEW GLENN,” IT WILL STICK THE LANDING ON THE SHIP AND WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF ISSUE THAT WE HAD STARTING THE ”NEW SHEPARD” PROGRAM. >> ABSOLUTELY, JERRY JONES, BELIZE ENTIRE ”NEW GLENN” PROGRAM, HE HAS A BIG JOB. HE’S GOT THE OPERATIONS IN I OULD NOTE, ”NEW GLENN” WILL CARRY HUMANS ONE DAY. WE BUILT ALL PROGRAMS WITH THE INTENT OF PUTTING PEOPLE ON BOARD. TALKING ABOUT ASTRONAUTS AND PEOPLE, WE JUST SAW THEM ENTER INTO THE ASTRONAUT SAFETY SHELTER. I WOULD LIKE TOGHLIT ONE THING WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, MOLLY WAS SAYING, SHE COULD OUTRUN

YOU. SHE WAS THE FIRST UP THOSE STAIRS AND FIRST IN THE ASTRONAUT SHELTER. KNOW WHY, THAT WALLY FUNK, SHE’S GOT QUITE A BIT OF ENERGY. SHE’S 82. UNCONVIND EVY TI I READ THAT, THAT IT’S A TYPO, THIS IS ACTUALLY 28. AGAIN, THAT WOMAN — ALL RIGHT. GARY, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE SHELTER. WE SHOULD REMIND OUR VIEWERS, ON THE LAST FLIGHT THAT WE HAD, WE BASICALLY DID A FULL REVERSAL OF WHAT WE’RDOIN RIGHT NOW. YOU WERE PART OF THAT ASTRONAUT CREW THAT WE HAD. WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SHELTER? >> THE SHELTER HAS TWO MAIN FUNCTIONS. IT’S A SHELTER IN CASE OF SOME KIND OF EMERGENCY. IF THEY NEED TO EVACUATE THE CAPSULE VERY QUICKLY, THEY CAN GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO BE IN THIS SHELTER VERY FAST. ’S REPRF ANCAN HANDLE A WHOLE SET OF ANOMALIES THAT MIGHT HAVE WITH THE ROCKET.

YOU SEE THOSE BLUE TANKS AGAINST THE WALL? THE SHELTER HAS ITS OWN AIR- BREATHING SUPPLY IN CASE OF A FIRE OUTSIDE. IT ALSO HAS COMMUNICATIONS THAT CAN TALK DIRECTLY TO CAP ON FROM THERE. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS JUST WAITING FOR A GO-AHEAD FROM THE PAD CREW. THAT IS PREPARING THE CAPSULE TO GET ASTRONAUTS ON. >> FANTASTIC. YOU SEE THERE, IN THE FOREGROUND, THE BLACK SUIT, THAT IS KEVIN’S BROKE, CREW NUMBER SEVEN, AS WELL AS WALLY FUNK, CD ON THE LEFT, SOON TO BECOME THE OLDEST PERSON TO HAVE EVER FLOWN IN SPACE. THEN, GOING CLOCKWISE HERE, OLIVER DAEMON, SOON TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST TO EVER FIND A SPACE. A SPECIAL SABBATH EVERYONE INTERNATIONALLY JOINING US, ESPECIALLY THE NETHERLANDS. HELLO, EVERYBODY. YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN THERE. THEN OF COURSE, BROTHER TO OUR FOUNDER, JEFF BEZOS, MARK BEZOS, AND THE COWBOY HAT.

HE IS A TRUE TEXAN AT HEART. YOU KNOW, WE CALL IT THE RANCH DOWN HERE. WE LIKE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO AND THE SPIT TH WE HAVE DOWN HERE AT OUR LAUNCH SITE ONE. ALL RIGHT, THEY ARE LEAVING THE ASTRONAUT SAFETY SHELTER HERE. LET’S WATCH AS THEY PREPARE TO CROSS THE BRIDGE. WHAA MOMENT, JEFF BEZOS, MARK BEZOS. NOW WALLY FUNK. HERE COMES OLIVER DAEMEN. RING THE CEREMONIAL BELL! MAKE SOME NOISE! ON THEIR WAY TO GET IN TO THE CREW CAPSULE. KEVIN, THE CREWMEMBER SEVEN YOU SEE IN THE BLACK SUIT, HE IS NOW GOING TO HELP EM INGRESS INTO THE CAPSULE, GET INTO THE SEAT AND, OF COURSE, HELP THEM GET BUCKLED INTO THEIR HARNESSES AND GO THROUGH ANY FINAL SAFETY CHECKS BEFORE CLOSING THE HATCH. WE SHOULD NOTE, GARY AND I, AGAIN, WE HAVE BOTH BEEN THROUGH THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING EXPENSE. IT’S A FIVE-. >> HARNESS.

BY THE TIMEYOU’RE DONE WITH TRAINING, YOU CAN DO THAT UPSIDE DOWN, BACKWARDS, WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED. INSIDE AND OUT, I MEAN YOU DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS. YOU GONNA NEED TO. WHEN WE COME BACK, YOU WANT TO GET BACK IN YOUR SEATS FROM 0G, LET’S WANT SOME, TAKING SOME FINAL PHOTOS WITH OUR PHOTOGRAPHER THERE, FELIX KOONTZ, A BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHER, WHOSE SHOTS OF THE CREW WE SAW EARLIER. THERE THEY GO, IN TO THE CREW CAPSULE. GARY, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HOSING IN THE PIPING YOU SEE GOING INTO THE HATCH? >> SO THAT IS JUST A CABIN ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM. WALLETS ON THE PAD, BEFORE WE SEAL THE HATCH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AIR IS FRESAND AIR- CONDITIONED IN THERE. THAT HOSE THAT WE REMOVED, OBVIOUSLY, FOR HATCH CLOSURE. WHAT THEY’RE DOING NOW IS JUST, ONE BY ONE, ENTERING THE CABIN AND GETTING FASTENED. THEN THEY WILL GO THROUGH A

SERIES OF CHECKS WITH THE CABIN. >> FANTASTIC. THERE’S WALLY FUNK, SEAT NUMBER THREE THERE. OLIVER, GETTING SITUATED IN SEAT NUMBER ONE. I’M STARTING TO SHAKE A LITTLE BIT. [ LAUGHTER ] AGAIN, NOT ONLY HAVE WE PRACTICED THIS, NO ONLY ON THE LAST FLIGHT DID WE HAVE A FULL ASTRONAUT REHEARSAL LIKE THIS, BUT IT’S DIFFERENT. AGAIN, WE’VE DONE 15- CONSECUTIVE MISSIONS TO GET TO THIS POINT. IT’S SO MUCH DIFFERENT THOUGH WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE ON BOARD. AGAIN, SO MUCH TESTING, SO MUCH DESIGN, SO MUCH THOUGHT. INCREDIBLY WELL-TRAINED BLUE ORIGIN TEAM THAT’S SUPPORTING THESE ASTRONAUTS, FIRST ON ”NEW SHEPARD.” JUST WONDERFUL, WE ARE READY FOR TODAY. NOW WE ARE STANDING BY HERE FOR CAPCOM TO WELCOME OUR CREW IN TO THE CAPSULE. LET’S STAND TIME. THERE IS OUR MISSION CONTROL. SARAH, AGAIN, AS SHE HAS, INCREDIBLE.

>> I HEAR YOU LO AND CLEAR. DO YOU COPY? >> HERE IT COMES, WALLY. I CAN SEE THEM STAND IN THERE. DON’T GET PULLED UNDER. >> AGAIN, WE’VE GOT CAP CON’S SARAH KNIGHT, ONE OF CREWMEMBER SEVEN ON THE RIGHT. FOUR ASTRONAUTS, LOADED IN TO THE CAPSULE. THERE IS WALLY FUNK IN HER SEAT ALSO MISSION CONTROL. WE’LL TALK ABOUT LOCKED AND LOADED. THIS TEAM IS REALLY, I MEAN YOU’VE BEEN IN MISSION CONTROL DURING THESE LAUNCHES. WHAT IS THAT LIKE? >> AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCEDURE, EVERYBODY IS INEDIB PROFESSIONALS. THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE DATA, FOLLOWING PROCEDURES. THERE’S REALLY NO DISTRACTION. YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP IN THAT ROOM UNLESS THEY’RE WORKING ON AN ISSUE. AS YOU SAW ON THE PICTURE, WE RUN A VERY, VERY TIGHT SHIP HERE AT BLUE IGIN NOT ONLY THE ”NEW SHEPARD” PROGRAM BUT THE PICTURE OF THE

FRONT ROOM AND MISSION CONTROL, THAT IS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPERATING THE ROCKET AT THIS POINT, IN TERMS OF PUSHING THE BUTTONS TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN ADDITION TO THE PAD DROP. MANG SE WALLY’S HARNESSES VEN, ARE ALL TIGHTENED AND SNUG THERE. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT CREW, GARY, WE TALK ABOUT DESIGNING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE THAT LAUNCHES AND LANDS AND WE REUSE. BUT WE’VE ALSO BUILT THE OPERATIONS TO COME MEANT THAT D TO SPACE. THAT’S AT THE HEART OF BUILDING THIS ROAD TO SPACE. WE’VE BUILT IT SO THAT IT’S AN EFFICIENT VEHICLE, EFFICIENT OPERATIONS. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO IN ADDITION TO THE FRONT ROW, WHICH IS REALLY JUST A LF-DOZEN PEOPLE, SOME BACKUPS TO RELIEVE THEM IN CASE THEY NEED A BREAK, THERE IS AN ENGINEERING BACKUP REPERTOIRE RIGHT BEND THE ROOM. IT’S IN CASE THERE’S AN ANOMALY THAT NEEDS INVESTIGATION.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT THROUGH THE BACK WINDOWS. THAT’S IT THAT’S ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO LAUNCH ”NEW SHEPARD.” YOU HAVE SOME SUPPORT STAFF ON CALL IN WASHINGTON STATE IN CASE OF AN ANOMALY. FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH, THAT’S IT. THE ARCHITECT DID THAT WAY. >> DID YOU CATCH WALLY WAVING AT YOU, GARY? >> THERE SHE IS. [ LAUGHTER ] >> I THINK THAT’S THE POSTCARD SHE PROMISED EVERYBODY SHOULD BE BRINGING UP TO SPACE WITH HER. NOT ONLY IS THE CREW READY, BUT GOT THE PROPS READY WITH THE PHOTO SHOOT SET UP. GETTING BACK TO THE CREW AND CREW OPERATIONS THAT WE SET UP, AS HE SAID, LEAN AND MEAN. ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, IN ADDITION TO THE SAFETY, CRITICAL TO THE SAFETY, REDUNDANT SYSTEMS. BACKUP SYSTEMS .WHAT ABOUT THE BACKUP YOU OW, WERE TALKING ABO THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE BACK IN KENT. THAT’S PART OF IT, NOT JUST IN

THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, THE ENGINEERING OF THE CAPSULE, BUT FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, WE BUILT IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. BEAUTIFUL SHOTS OF THE CAPSULE THERE. SO THE WINDOW WITH THE WHITE SQUARE THERE, THAT IS WALLY FUNK TO THE LEFT. THAT IS MARK BEZOS, JEFF BEZOS’ BROTHER. IN FACT, TO THE LEFT OF HIM, A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE OUT TO THAT OTHER WINDOW, THAT WOULD BE JEFF BEZOS. OLER EMEN ER SIDE OF THE HATCH, HE’S ALSO HARNESSED IN, READY TO GO TO SPACE, READY TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO HAVE EVER FLOWN IN SPACE. AGAIN, HE COMES FROM THE NETHERLANDS. SO BEAUTIFUL. AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT FOR BLUE ORIGIN, THEY WANT TO OPEN UP TH EXRIENCE OF THE WORLD. IT’S SO WONDERFUL. HE IS NOT JUST REPRESENTING THE NEXT GENERATION, BUT ALSO MORE FLAGS AS WE FLY TO SPACE. STANDING BY HERE FROM CAPCOM. >> MISSION CONTROL.

GOOD MORNING, ASTRONAUTS. WELCOME ABOARD THE FIRST STEP. LET’S GET THINGS STARTED WITH CONTRACT. ASTRONAUT, HOW DO YOU READ? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. >> COPY. ASTRONAUT WALLY, HOW DO YOU READ ME? >> WALLY, PUSH THE BUTTON! >> WHAT? >> PUSHED THE BUTTON, TELL HER YOU’RE GOOD. >> OH, I SEE IT. >> COPY, ASTRONAUT WALLY. ASTRONAUT TO DEMO? >> CONTROL, THIS IS ASTRONAUT DEMO. I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. >> COPY. ASTRONAUT BEZOS? >> LOUD AND CLEAR. THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, SARAH. APPRECIATE IT. >> COPY. >> IT’S MY HONOR AND MY PLEASURE. ALL RIGHT, ASTRONAUTS, WE ARE AT T-MINUS 21 MINUTES AND COUNTING. AS YOU PROCEED, I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. FOR NOW, SIT BACK AND RELAX. >> FANTASTIC.

THEIR YOU HEARD IT, ALL FOUR ASTRONAUTS ARE READY TO GO TO SPACE. THEY JUST HAD A QUICK CALL AND CHECK WITH SARAH KNIGHT ON CAP CON, ONE ROW CREWMEMBER SEVEN THERE. YOU HEARD ALL FOUR ASTRONAUTS ARE JAZZED. WALLY THERE, M SURE SHE’S A BIT DISTRACTED. AGAIN, WE’VE SAID THIS BEFORE, SHE HAS WAITED OVER 60 YEARS FROM THE DAYS THAT SHE WAS PART OF THE MERCURY 13 PROGRAM TO GO TO SPACE. THAT PROGRAM, TO GET WOMEN INTO SPACE, WAS CANCELED. YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE IT’S CANCELED NO MORE, EVER SHE IS GOING TO SPACE. SUCH AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO HELP HER REALIZE THIS DREAM OF GOING TO SPACE. THIS, AFTER SO LONG. WHAT A MOMENT. WHAT A WOMAN THAT REALLY PERSONIFIES PERSEVERANCE AND PUSHING THROUGH IT? ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. WE ARE CLOSING THE HATCH. GARY, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A

LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CLOSE THE HATCH? OBVIOUSLY, IS A PRESSURIZED VEHICLE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WITH REGARDS TO CLOSING THE HATCH THERE? >> SO THE HATCHAS A DOUBLE SEAL ON IT FOR TWO SETS OF SEALS. WHAT THEY DO AND THEY CLOSED THE HATCH, THEY MAKE SURE IS PROPERLY SEALED AND THEY WILL ACTUALLY PULL A VACUUM IN BETWEEN THOSE SEALS TO MAKE SURE THE VACUUM IS OKAY. THAT CHECKS THE INTEGRITY OF BOTH SEALS. >> FANTASTIC. I UNDERSTAND WE’VE GOT TAILING DIETRICH AGAIN ON THE GROUND. WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM HER. CAITLIN, WHAT’S GOING ON? SHE IS JUST ALMOST READY. MOMENT WITH AN UPDATE FROM CAITLIN DIETRICH. IN THE MEANTIME, LET’S WATCH HERE AS THE TOWER CREW CONTINUES TO CLOSE THE HATCH. MAKE SURE THE PRESSURE SEALS ARE ALL GOOD TO GO. THERE WE SEE THE THUMBS UP FROM MARK BEZOS. THERE IS JEFF IN THE

BACKGROUND, WAITING. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE TO DO WITH YOUR SIBLINGS, YOUR BEST FRIEND. WHAT A DAY FOR THIS CREW. GARY, WE MENTIONED IT, AGAIN, THAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH THE ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE. YOU WENT THROUGH IT. ACTUALLY, HERE WE GO. I THINK WE GOT CAITLIN. JUST MAMA, GARY. HOLD THAT THOUGHT. KAYLA, WHAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE AT MISSION CONTROL? >> Reporter: HEY, EVERYONE. WE HAVE BASICALLY LEFT MISSION CONTROL AND WE ARE AND WHAT WE CALL FALLBACK FREEZE ON BASICALLY THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROAD TO SPACE. RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE ASTRONAUTS DROVE BY, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOWER. YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE IT THERE IN THE DISTANCE. HERE, WE DISCLOSE THE HATCH AS BASICALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS, ONCE THE CAPSULE IS UNDER PARACHUTES, WE HAVE A CONVOY RIGHT BEHIND US HERE. END ME RACING OUT TO GET THE HATCH OPEN TO CELEBRATE AFTER THEIR VICTORIOUS FLIGHT TO

SPACE. SO THAT’S WHERE I WILL PREPARE FOR THAT HERE AFTER THE 11- MINUTE FLIGHT. REALLY EXCITED. >> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CAITLIN, FOR THAT UPDATE. GARY, SO YOU, AS WE WERE DISCLOSING OUT THAT QUESTION, ON THE LAST ONE, YOU WERE ACTUALLY IN THE CAPSULE, RIGHT? YOU AND AUDREY POWERS, WHO WE TALKED TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE SHOW, WERE IN THE CAPSULE WHEN THEY CLOSED THE HATCH. WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE AT THIS MOMENT? >> ACTUALLY, IT’S QUITE TRANQUIL. AFTER THE EXTEME ANALL THE HELICOPTERS AND ADDRESSING AND THAT ADRENALINE, YOU HAVE A MOMENT IN THE CAPSULE NOW TO REFLECT. WHEN THE HATCH CLOSES, IT’S ACTUALLY PRETTY QUIET. YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING PROTECTION IN JUST IN CASE. YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE CAP CON, BUT YOU HAVE A MOMENT TO REFLECT. THE FACT THAT YOU ARE SEATED,

RECLINED IN THE SEAT NEXT TO A WINDOW DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE WINDOW THAT IS SO BIG, YOU CAN JUST TURN YOUR HEAD AND FEEL LIKEYOU E FLOATING RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE ROCKET. WE DESIGNED IT THAT WAY SO THAT, WHEN YOU’RE ACTUALLY IN SPACE, YOU DON’T HAVE TO TURN YOUR HEAD. YOU WILL LOOK RIGHT OUT AND HAVE THIS SENSATION OF ACTUALLY BEING OUTSIDE. >> IT ALSO KIND OF AS TO THE LUMINOUS FEEL OF THE CAPSULE. WE SAID EARLIER, IT’S 10 TIMES THE VOLUME OF WHAT ALAN SEPARATE HAD ON HIS FLIGHT. BUT IT IS BIG. THE WINDOWS MAKE IT LOOK BIG. THE LIGHT ACOUSTIC PADDING MAKE IT LOOK BIG. ONCE YOUR FLOATING UP THERE, IN SPACE, OVER THE CARBON LINE IN 0G, IT REALLY CREATES THAT. >> WE WANTED THAT SPACIOUSNESS, THAT FEELING OF FLOATING. REALLY, IF WE CAN DO IT, IT WOU >> [ LAUGHTER ] THAT’S KIND OF COOL. MAYBE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. YOU’RE WORKING ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, WE’RE NOT GOING TO

RELEASE THAT INFORMATION ON THE WEBCAST. STAY TUNED. ALL RIGHT, WE’RE GOING TO TOSS IT BACK TO CAP CON. I UNDERSTAND WE’VE GOT A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM CHRISTINA BASIS. THIS IS SISTER TO JEFF AND MARK BEZOS. >> FIRST STEP, CONTROL, JEFF AND MARK, A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM YOU ALL’S SISTER, CHRISTINA. JE, TH ISSOMETHING YOU HAVE DREAMED OF YOUR WHOLE LIFE. YOUR PASSION FOR SPACE IS INFECTIOUS. MARK THE BEST CHAMPION AT ENCOURAGING US IN OUR ADVENTURES. AS YOU BUCKLE IN, A REMINDER, FROM CAPTAIN KIRK EMMA AND I TOOK THE ROLE OF LIEUTENANT MORA. WE WOULD BATTLE KLINGON ALL FIRING TORPEDOES. ALL THE WHILE, DODGING IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PRAYING THAT WE MADE IT TO OUR DESTINATION BRIEFLY. MARK, BE PREPARED TO FIRE THE TORPEDOES IN ORDER TO DO SO.

NOW HURRY UP AND GET YOUR BACK DOWN HERE SO I CAN GIVE YOU A HUGE HUG. WE LOVE YOU. GODSPEED, ”NEW SHEPARD.” >> THERE IT IS, BEAUTIFUL THERE IS OUR KENT HEADQUARTERS GOING NUTS, AS THEY SHOULD. >> [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> A BIG DAY FOR THE WHOLE BLUE ORIGIN TEAM. >> THEY WOULD NOT THE WORLD. >> LOOK AT THEM, SO AMAZING. AGAIN, WHAT A DAY FOR THE ENTIRE BLUE ORIGIN TEAM. FOR THESE CREWMEMBERS THAT ARE ON BOARD, FOR THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE HERE, THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING EACH ONE OF THE PEOPLE STREAMS TO GO TO SPACE. JUST INCREDIBLE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE SITTING HERE AT T-MINUS 15 MINUTES AGO . WE ARE IN A BRIEF HOLD HERE. WHY DON’T WE MEET OLIVER DAEMEN. ONE OF THE ASTRONAUTS, GANG, OUR FIRST, VERY, VERY FIRST PAYING CUSTOMER , BUT SOON BE THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO TRAVEL TO SPACE AT 18. LET’S SEE. >> IT’S THE ULTIMATE DREAM FOR

SO MANY PEOPLE TO GO TO SPACE. I GUESS MY FIRST MEMORIES OF SPACE WERE THUNDERBIRDS. I WAS A BIG FAN OF THEM. I WANT EVERY NGLE EPISODE. THAT WAS THE BIG THING, EVERYTHING. >> OLIVER, YOUR FIRST LOOK AT THE VEHICLE? >> YEAH. SO GREAT TO GO WITH THIS CREW. WALLY IS ONE OF THE BEST PILOTS LIFE STORY. OF COURSE, JEFF, ONE OF THE BEST BUSINESSMAN EVER AND A GREAT VISIONARY. MARK, A FIREFIGHTER AND SUCH AN AMAZING TRACK RECORD FOR HIS LIFE. >> I FEEL AN RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS IN SPACE, TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SPACE. JUST SPACE WITH SCIENCE, YOU KNOW, SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO . WHEN I TOUCHED DOWN AND I GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, I WILL JUST BE SPEECHLESS. >> OLIVER ALSO HAS HIS PILOT’S LICENSE AND WILL BE STARTING PHYSICS IN COLLEGE. IN JUST A BIT, WILL OFFICIALLY BE AN ASTRONAUT.

GARY, DID YOU TALK TO OLIVER? >> I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM. >> DID YOU START RECRUITING? DID YOU GET ON THAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING SITTING HERE? COME ON, MAN. THAT GUY, NOT ONLY WITH PHYSICS, BUT ALSO INNOVATION. WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IS IN STORE FOR OLIVER IN THE YEARS TO COME. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS IN STORE FOR HIM IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE, HE IS GOING TO GO TO SPACE OVER THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LINE OF SPACE, COMING BACK A FRESHLY- MINTED ASTRONAUT PASS THE KARMAN LINE. WE ARE AT T-MINUS 15 MINUTES TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH. A BRIEF HOLD HERE. WHILE WE ARE ON HOLD, WHY DO WE TURN IT OVER TO ”NEW SHEPARD” AND WATCH THE ROCKET AS IT IS READY TO TAKE THESE FOUR ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE AND BACK. >> THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYBODY, FOR JONAS LIVE FROM WEST TEXAS. WE ARE HERE AT T-MINUS 15 MINUTES TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH.

WE ARE IN A BRIEF HOLD. WE GOT OUR ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE LOADED INTO THE CAPSULE. YOU SAW THERE, JUST A MOMENT AGO, WE HAD OLIVER DAEMEN ON THE LEFT, IN E LEFT WINDOW, TO THE RIGHT OF THE HATCH, OUR FOUNDER, JEFF BEZOS. COMING AROUND, AROUND HIM, MARK BEZOS. ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CAPSULE, IS WALLY FUNK. WE ARE JUST HERE IN A BRIEF HOLD. WILL HAVE A MOMENT, BACK TO THE PAD CATCH UP ON SOME OF THE SHOTS AS THE ASTRONAUTS GET READY FOR THE FLIGHT TO SPACE AND BACK THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, EVERYBODY, FOR JOINING US LIVE FR WEST TEXAS. TRAN33” FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. T-MINUS 15 MINUTES. A BRIEF HOLD HERE. THIS IS OKAY. GARY, YOU CAN APPRECIATE HOW WE SPENT YEARS DESIGNING THIS ROCKET, MONTHS AND MONTHS DESIGNING THE MISSION. IF WE NEED TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TEAM IS ALIGNED, THAT WE’RE ALL SET AND SORTED, THAT OUR

ASTRONAUTS ARE HAPPY, THAT THE WEATHER CAN BOTH ON THE GROUND AND UPPER LOFT, IS WITHIN GREEN ZONES, WE’RE GOING TO DO THAT. HOW DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU’RE IN MISSION CONTROL? WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? >> THERE MIGHT BE A HOLD WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE AN ANOMALY. VERY OFTEN, THAT IS NOT THE CASE THOUGH. SOMETIMES THERE ARE HOLES JUST TO CATCH UP WITH THE TIMELINE. THE THING ABOUT ”NEW SHEPARD,” TAKING IT FROM SEVERAL ORBITAL VEHICLESOU Y HA SEEN, WE DON’T NEED TO LAUNCH AT A CERTAIN TIME TO MEET SOME LAUNCH WINDOW. WE’RE TRYING TO INTERCEPT NOTHING IN SPACE. A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME, AND THAT IS BETTER WHEN WE PAUSE AND HOLD IF THERE’S ANY REASON TO. IF THERE’S A SENSOR REING THAT YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE, YOU JUST WANT TO CATCH UP IN TIME. THAT’S WHY WE TEND TO TAKE THESE HOLES. OTHERWISE, WE ARE BIAS TO LAUNCHING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE DON’T OTHERWISE HAVE A LOT OF BUFFER THAT’S KNOWN. >> ABSOLUTELY. AGAIN, ACTUALLY, NOW I UNDERSTAND. THE HOLD IS LIFTED. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE GOTTEN THE TIMELINES ALL ALIGNED. OUR TEAMS ARE ALSO DID AND DONE. WHILE WE HAVE A MOMENT HERE, BACK TO THE PAD TO CHECK ON OUR ASTRONAUTS IN THE CAPSULE EY GET READY FOR THE LAUNCH TO SPACE THIS MORNING. >>> ALL RIGHT. WE T-MINUS 14 SECONDS UNTIL LAUNCH. THE AKREMLIN IS BUILDING AND THE ENERGY IS BUILDING UP HERE AS THE CLOCK TICKS DOWN. AND WHILE OUR ASTRONAUTS AND OUR TEAMS ARE GOING THROUGH THE FINAL CHECKS WITH OUR CREW MEMBER SEN AND THE LAUNCH TEAM, LET’S TALK ABOUT SEEING EARTH FROM SPACE AND HOW IT CHANGES YOU. WE’RE VERY FORTUNATE HERE AT ORIGIN TO HAVE SEVERAL NASA ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN SPACE.

THEY OFFER A KEEN PERSPECTIVE O ASTRONAUTS ARE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM EXPERIENCING. >> I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT A PERSON CAN LOOK AT A PICTURE OF EARTH FROM SPACE, BUT THEY DON’T GET THE FEELING OF WHAT BEING IN SPACE GETS YOU. IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO. >> THE PERSPECTIVE FROM SPACE IS FANTASTIC. YOU CAN SEE THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD SEE FROM EARTH. >> IT CHANGES YOUR LIFE. IT CHANGES YOUR PERSPECTIVE. HAVING THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE MAKES YOU FEEL SMALLER. YOU REALLY DO COME BACK WITH A SENSE THAT THE EARTH IS A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT. EVERYTHING WE HAVE HERE TO EAT, BREATHE, DRINK, IS ALL TRAVELING TOGETHER. >> AND LOOKING AT THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE AND LOOKING AT THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH AND SEEING THAT ALMOST NOTHING SEPARATING THOSE TWO. ALL OF HUMAN KIND IS ON THIS ONE SMALL ROCK.

PROTECTED BY THIS THIN, FRAGILE LITTLE LAYER OF AIR. . >> IT MAKES YOU REALIZE THAT THE PLANET A GIANT SPACESHIP TRAVELING THROUGH SPACE THAT IS HOME TO 7 BILLION OF US. EVERY ASTRONAUT WHO GOES TO SPACE IS CHANGED IN SOME WAY. >> IT ACTUALLY DOCUMENTED A CHANGE IN CORE VALUES. IN ALMOST ALL ASTRONAUTS FROM BEFORE TO AFTER THE FLIGHT. AND AS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BEGIN TO GET THIS EXPERIENCE, I THINK THE KNOWLEDGE ON EARTH, A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING ABOUT OUR PLANET WILL GRADUALLY OCCUR. EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT CHANGES WHO YOU E INSIDE. IT IS VERY POWERFUL. IT IS SO MEMORABLE AND SO UNIQUE THAT PEOPLE WALK AWAY SPEECHLESS. HAD. >> INCREDIBLE STUFF. I HOPE ONE DAY I GET TO EXPERIENCE THAT. THE FOUR PEOPLE ON TOP OF THAT ARE GOING TO DO THAT. DO YOU WANT TO YOU CAN THAT ABOUT TODAY’S FLIGHT PROFILE. HOW THEY ARE GETTING UP TO

SPACE AND BACK HOME TO WEST TEXAS. >> AND T MINUS ZERO IS THE TIME THAT WE — >> ACTUALLY, GARY, IF YOU DON’T MIND STANDING BY, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE READY FOR OUR POLL. >> THIS ISTHE FLIGHT DIRECTOR. GO FOR LAUNCH. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US AGAIN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. AGAIN, THE FLIGHT PROFILE AND OUR NASA ASTRONAUTS. WE JUST CAUGHT THE TAIL END THERE OF THE GO NO GO POLL, BUT I AM HEARING THAT WE ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR FLIGHT TODAY. SO LET’S GET BACK INTO THAT FLIGHT PROFILE, GARY, THAT YOU WERE TELLING US ABOUT HERE. AGAIN, HOW ARE THEY GETTING UP TO SPACE, OVER THE LINE, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LINE OF SPACE, AND THEN BACK DOWN HERE TO EARTH IN WEST XAS? >> OK FOR T MINUS ZERO IS ACTUALLY NOT THE POINT OF LIFT-OFF. IT IS WHEN WE SEND THE COMMAND TO START THE ENGINE. IT LIFTS OFF ABOUT SEVEN SECONDS LATER.

IT WILL ASEND FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES AND THEN SHUT OFF. IT GOES THROUGH WHAT WE CALL MAIN ENGINE CUT-F. ABOUT 20 SECONDS AFTER THAT. THE CAPSULE WILL SEPARATE. THAT IS WHEN THE FASTENED SEATBELT LIGHT ON THEIR PANELS WILL TURN OFF, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FLOAT AROUND THE CAPSULE FOR THREE TO FOUR MINUTES. ARSTILL ASENDING AND THEY ICLES WILL ASEND ABOVE ONE HUNKY LIMITATION OF MOTIONER THES TODAY. WE’RE HEADED FOR ABOUT 100 OR 506 KILOMETERS. AND THEN STARTING THE DESCEND. THE CAPSULE — THE BOOSTER WILL ACTUALLY REENTER FIRST. IT IS MO BEFORE IT HITS THE ATMOSPHERE, IT DEPLOYS WEDGE FINS ON TOP TO STABILIZE IT. AND THEN USES THOSE FINS TO STEER BACK OVER THE PAD. JUST OVER THE PAD ABOUT 20,000 FEET ABOVE. IT A HAS BRAKES TO ITSELF DOWN AND RESTARTS ITS ENGINES SECONDS BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND TO SLOW ITSELF DOWN

TO ITS SOFT LANDING. THEY WILL COME OUT SECONDS BEFORE LANDING. THEY MIGHT DO ONE OR TWO MANEUVERS TO MAKE SURE IT IS ANTHEN IT WILL TOUCHDOWN SOFTLY. MEANWHILE, THE CAPSULE WILL CONTINUE ITS FLIGHT. ASTRONAUTS WILL STRAP BACK IN BEFORE HITTING THE ATMOSPHERE, GET BACK IN THEIR SEATS. THERE WILL BE THRUSTERS THAT WILL STABILIZE THE CAPSULE TO PREVENT IT FROM ROCKING TOO MUCH AND THE PARAUTESWILL DEPLOY ABOUT 10,000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. FIRST DRONES WILL FIRE AND THOSE WILL EXTRACT. AND THEN FINALLY, A LANDING WILL OCCUR ON A CUSHION OF AIR WHICH WILL FIRE JUST ABOUT SIX FEET OFF THE GROUND. >>> WE MENTIONED BEFORE ON PREVIOUS WEBCASTS THAT THE DIRT DOWN HERE LIKAL COME POWDER GOES EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE THAT AIRCUSHION THAT FIRES AND REALLY KICKS YOU UP THE DUST. THEY ARE COMING IN ONE OR TWO MILES AN HOUR. LAING.A REALLY NICE SOFT

AND AGAIN, GARY, WE CONFIRMED WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH FOR FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT ON NEW SHEPARD. MY GOODNESS. I MEAN, YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR 17 YEARS SINCE YOU STARTED BLUE ORIGIN. WHAT ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW, GARY? IT STILL HARD TO BELIEVE IT IS ACTUALLY HERE. I KNOW I HAVEN’T SAID IT YET. THE MAIN THING I AM FEELING IS I AM THINKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE TEAM, PAST AND PRESENT, THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON THE INITIAL PROGRAM AND WHAT THIS MUST MEAN TO THEM. >> ABSOLUTELY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROUTINE HERE. IT IS A LEAN AND MEAN TEAM, OBVIOUSLY. BUT EACH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAS CONTRIBUTED SO MUCH TO THIS PROGRAM. IT IS, AGAIN, A SPECIAL SHOUT- OUT TO ALL OF OUR BLUE ORIGIN TEAM MEMBERS WATCHING AROUND THE WORL NOW, FOR THE OTHERS THAT ARE WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, IF YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE

SPACEFLIGHT FOR YOURSELF — IF YOU WANT TO DO WHAT JEFF AND MARK AND WALLY AND OLIVER ARE DOING TODAY, AND YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, SEND US AN E- MAIL AT ASTRONAUTS @ORIGIN.COM. WE ARE OPEN. WE ARE OPEN FOR TICKET SALES TO SEND YOU ALL TO SPACE. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE DAY. AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS PARTICULAR CREW ONBOARD TODAY. AND I FEEL LIKE, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT THE BEZOS BROTHERS THAT ARE GOING UP AND WALLY AND OLIVER, YOGESTASTRONAUTS TO HAVE THE EVER FLOWN IN SPACE. OLIVER THAT IS REPRESENTING OUR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OUT THERE TAKING THE DUTCH FLAG TO SPACE. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WALLY WHO HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT GOING TO SPACE HER ENTIRE LIFE BUT CERTAINLY SINCE THE 1960s, AND SHE WAS PART OF THAT PROGRAM THAT GOT CANCELED. AND SHE JUST KEPT, YOU KNOW, JUST KEPT FIGHTING. AND UNTIL RECENTLY YOU SAID HEY WALLY, WHY DON’T YOU JOIN US FOR THIS FIRST CREW.

AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE OUR FUTURE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOIN TO GO ONBOARD AND GOING TO REPRESENT THE WORLD. THEY ARE GOING TO REPRESENT MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, AND WE CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AS WE MENTIONED WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO MORE FLIGHTS IN 2021 FOR A TOTAL OF THREE AND THEN MANY MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE. THAT IS JUST FANTASTIC. AND I CAN IMAGINE, AGAIN, AS YOU WERE BUILDING THE SYSTEM, GARY, AS YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT OKAY, THIS IS NOT JUST A ONE OR TWO FLIGHT OPERATION WITH NEW SHEPARD WHO BUILT IT FOR A LONG-TERM PROGRAM. >> WE BUILT IT TO CONTINUE INDEFINITELY AND TO TAKE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ASTRONAUTS. WE HOPE TO ENTER INTO THE THOUSANDS. >> JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT 560, 570 MILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE EVER BEEN ONE HUNKY LIMITATION OF MOTIONER THES UP OVER THE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LINE OF SPACE, AND — 570 PEOPLE.

TODAY, WE’RE GOING TO ADD FOUR MORE TO THAT LIST WHICH IS SO COOL. >> SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE WILL BE OVER 570 JUST ON THE NEW SHEPARD PROGRAM. >> CAN YOU IMAGINE? ARE YOU GOING TO GO UP? ARE YOU GOING TO GO UP WI ME? >> AWESOME. >> WE ARE T MINUS FOUR MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS TO GO UNTIL LAUNCH. AND NEW SHEPARD ON THE PAD HERE. WE ARE AWAITING THE ROCKET IS GOING TO GO INTO SOME LAST- MINUTE CHECKS ON THE HICLAT T MINUS TWO MINUTES IS THE VEHICLE. THROW THE SHOW OVER TO HER. IT IS ALL ON HER. IT IS AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE. DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE LAST- MINUTE CHECKS THAT IS THE VEHICLE IS GOING THROUGH AND THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE ESPECIALLY ON OUR SCREEN. >> SO AS YOU MEIONED, THE LAST TWO MINUTES OUR AUTO SEQUENCE AND THAT IS ENTIRELY BY THE VEHICLE ITSELF THROUGH AN AUTOMATED CHECKLIST.

YOU’LL SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT YOU DON’T SEE SUCH AS SENSOR CHECKS, PRESSURE CHECKS ON THE TANK RAD CHECKS, ALL HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT CHECKS WILL BE GONE THROUGH ON THIS CHECKLIST. WHAT YOU WILL SEE ARE HYDROLIC SYSTEMS GO UP WHICH WILL WIGGLE THE ENGINE AS WELL AS THE OUTFINS. THEY ARE NOT ONLY WIGGLING THE SAW SURFACES BUT THEY ARE MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS NO FICTION IN THEIR TRAVELS. >> FANTASTIC. AND AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING TO SEE THAT YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE, AS GARY SAID — YOU DON’T GET TO SEE ALL OF THOSE LAST-MINUTE CHECKS, BUT WE CERTAINLY GET TO SEE THE FINS. AS GARY MENTIONED. THESE ARE THE FINS AT THE BASE OF THE VEHICLE. THERARFOUR OF T OBVIOUSLY THEY HELP DIRECT THE ROCKET BOTH UP AND DOWN, AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL — THAT IS OUR BE-THREE ENGINE. THE BLUE ENGINE THREE. 110,000POUNDS OF THRUST. LIQUID OXYGEN AND LIQUID

HYOGENARE MORE OF THE PROPEL ATLANTAS IN THE ENGINE. IT IS NOT ONLY A POWERFUL. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE THROTTLE IN JUST A SECOND. WE THROTTLE THE ENGINE BACK AS IT COMES BACK TO LAND AND THAT CREATES A NICE SOFTLANDING. AS IT COMES IN, IT IS NOT FILLED WITH THE PROPEL ATLANTA. SO WE THROTTLE IT BACK LIKE AN AIRPLANE. IT IS A NICE SOFT LANDING. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT A TRIP TO SPACE AND BACK AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE HAD 15 SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS ON. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 16th ONE. OF COURSE, A VERY SPECIAL ONE WITH PEOPLE ONBOARD TODAY. THERE WE DO. THE BRIDGE IS RETRACTING. OLIVER ON THE LEFT. JEFF BEZOS ON THE RIGHT. WE ARE ABOUT TO GO TO SPACE, EVERYBODY. >> WE ARE IN AUTO SEQUENCE. SAUL >>> WHEN THAT ENGINE CHECK OCCURS. AND THAT ENGINE — YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO FIELD IT. BECAUSE IT WILL SWAY THE STACK

BACK AND FORTH. >> THERE GO THE FIN CHECKS. >> YOU SEE JUST PEAKING OUT AT THE BASE OF THE ROCKET. >>> ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED YEARS TO THIS HISTORIC MOMENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS TIME FOR THE FIRST HUN FLIGHT. GODSPEED. THE FIRST CREW OF NEW SHEPHERD. LET’S LIGHT THIS CANDLE. >> T MINUS 16. O TEN, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR. TO START. TWO, ONE. >> AND HAS CLEARED THE TOWER ON OUR WAY TO SPACE. BUT OUR FIRST HUMAN. GO JEFF. GO MARK. GO WALLY. GO OLIVER. YOU ARE GOING TO SPACE. >> OH MY GOODNESS. LISTEN TO THE ROAR OF THE ENGINE. WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE. THAT IS ONE THE STRESSES ON

THE VEHICLE ARE AT THEIR MAXIMUM. BEAUTIFUL BURN. NOT JUST CLEAN IN TERMS OF BEAUTIFULLY-PERFORMING. WHAT COMES OUT OF IT. IT IS STM; RIGHT? TO SEE THE GLOW OF THE ENGINE. THE ROCKET JUST UNDER OUR SHOULDERS AND TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A CREW THAT IS GOING TO SPACE. IT JUST FEELS DIFFERENT. DOESN’T IT, GARY? >> IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. >>> ALL RIGHT. YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG. THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN THERE. SO FAR, IT APPEARS TO BE A NOMINAL FLIGHT. MAIN ENGINE CUT-OFF. THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY SEPARATION. AT THAT POT, WE’RE GOING TO LET THE ASTRONAUT UNBUCKLE AND TAKE IN THE FREEDOMS. THERE IS THE MAIN ENGINE CUT- OFF. A BEAUTIFUL SHOT. LOOK AT THAT VIEW. UNREAL. AWAITING SEPARATION HERE.

AND HERE WE ARE. YOU CAN START TO SEE. STAND BY. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THE SEPARATION OF THE CAP CALL FROM THE BOOSTER ITSELF. >> TAKE LOOKUT THE WINDOW. >> AND THERE WE GO. OUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE PASSED THE CARMEN LINE AT ABOUT 328,000 FEET CONTINUING THEIR ASSENT. YOU SEE THERE ARE TWO VEHICLES THERE. WHEN THE SPEETS ZERO, YOU KNOW THAT THEY HAVE HIT HALF A G. THEIR MAXIMUM ALTITUDE. THEY ARE HAVING QUITE AN EXPERIENCE. ONE-MINUTE-WARNING. >> COPY. ASTRONAUT BEZOS. >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US LIVE FOR OUR FIRST EVER FLIGHT ON NEW SHEPARD. OUR BOOSTER ISABOUT TO RETURN TO ITS LANDING PAD. THERE WE SEE ENGINE RELIGHTS. A LITTLE BOOM. >> AND BOOSTER TOUCHDOWN. WELCOME BACK. NEW SHEPARD. A BEAUTIFUL ROCKET THAT PROVIDED A BEAUTIFUL FLIGHT TO

SPACE. >> FIRST UP. OUR GOOSIER HAS LANDED. >>> AND THERE IT IS. OUR CREW CAPSULE WITH OUR FOUR CREW MEMBERS ONBOARD. >>> SO FAR, A NOMINAL FLIGHT. HERE COMES THE CREW CAPSULE BACK TO SPACE. THE SUPPLY. AND BRIEFING AND COMING TO FULL INFLATION. OUR ROCKET WENT OVER MOCK THREE, AND NOW THEY ARE COMING FLOATING BACK DOWN AT JUST ABOUT 15 OR 16 MILES AN HOUR. ABOUT TO JOIN US HOME. BACK HERE IN WEST TEXAS AFTER HAVING GONE OVER THE INTERNATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED LINE OF SPACE. THE WORLD’S NEWEST ASTRONAUT. HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP, FRIEND? AND THOSE BIG BEAUTIFUL WINDOWS. >> JUST GOT ABOUT A MINUTE AND DEACTIVATION FOR A SOFT TOUCHDOWN. AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE SENSORS THAT ARE DETECTING HOW HIGH THEY ARE ABOVE THE GROUND. MULTIPLE SENSORS. A SOFT TOUCHDOWN.

TOUCHDOWN. WELCOME TO THE FIRST EVER CREW. OH, WHAT A DAY. WHAT A DAY. >> OLIVER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE THERE. IT IS AMAZING. >> . ASTRONAUT OLIVER. >> I AM UNBELIEVABLY GOOD. >> COPY. >> YOU BEST DAY EVER. >> COPY, EVERYONE. GO AHEAD AND REMAIN IN YOUR SEATS. CREW MEMBER SEVEN IS ON THEIR WAY. SHORTLY, YOU WILL HEAR. >> AND 361,210 FEET. >> WE ARE SURPRISED AT HOW EASY. >> >> WELL, WHAT A DAY. YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD’S NEWEST MINTED ASTRONAUTS THERE ONBOARD DISCUSSING THEIR INCREDIBLE FLIGHT OF A LIFETIME UP TO SPACE AND BACK. WOW. OUR TEAM IS NOW PREPARING LANDING SAFETY OPERATIONS. THE RECOVERY CREW HAS ALREADY — MINUTES AGO HAS LEFT THE BARN THERE TO GO OPEN THE

HATCH. YOU CAN E THEM THERE. THEY ARE ARRIVING AT THE CAPSULE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY ALL SEE THAT THE PARACHUTES FELL VERY CLOSE TO THE CAPSULE. IT MEANS THAT THERE IS NOT MUCH WIND OUT THERE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL DAY. NOT TOO SHABBY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT LANDED PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY WHERE WE PREDICTED. THAT IS HOW WE CAN GET TO IT SO QUICKLY. WE START MOVING ON THE PREDICTION OF LANDING. WE USE WEATHER BALLOONS WE MOING. D THROUGHOUT TH THAT GIVES US A VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE IT WILL LAND WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET. CREW MEMBER SEVEN IS JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS OKAY AND GIVES THEM A THUMBS UP. THEY ARE ALSO GROUNDING THE VEHICLE. WHEN YOU GO INTO SPACE, AND YOU HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ELECTRIC CHARGE. THAT IS ACTUALLY WHY WE PREFER THAT THE ASTRONAUTS.

SO WE CAN GROUND THE VEHICLE. IT CAN BE QUITE STRONG. >> EXCELLENT. OUR CREW MEMBER SEVEN HAS GIVEN A THUMBS UP FOR ALL OF OUR ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE ONBOARD THERE. JEFF BEZOS. MARK BEZOS AND OLIVER SIMON. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE DAY. YOU HEARD THEM ON THE AUDIO. BEST DAY EVER. AND I FEELLIKE THIS IS OUR BEST DAY EVER. AND THEN YOU GO TO SPACE. WHAT A DAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM. OUR ASTRONAUT CREW, AND OF COURSE, THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THESE INCREDIBLE ASTRONAUTS. EY A JUST ABOUT TO EXIT THE CAPSULE HERE. WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT MOMENT. THERE YOU SEE JEFF IN THE WINDOW. >> UP HERE. >> JT VING ONE OF THE MAIN PARACHUTE LINES TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN’T SNAG THE HATCH. >> AND THERE IS JEFF. THUMBS UP. >>ARY,THE ARCHITECT OF NEW SHEPHERD HEARD.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. WHAT A DAY. AGAIN, THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US LIVE FOR OUR FIRST OUR FOUR ASTRONAUTS WENT TO . SPACE AND BACK TOPPING OVER 350,000 FEET. WELL OVER ONE HUNKY LIMITATION OF MOTIONER THES. THEY HAVE COME BACK DOWN SAFELY. WE ARE JUST WAITING HERE. OUR CREW IS GOING TO GET OUT OF THE CAPSULE AND MEET THEIR FAMILIES BACK HERE ON THE GROUND. OF COUE, EIR FAMILIES THAT HAVE PROVIDED SO MUCH SUPPORT SINCE THEY WERE LITTLE KIDS. TO THIS DAY AND THIS MOMENT. >> WHAT A DAY AGAIN HERE. A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND LANDING OF THE NEW SHEPARD ROCKET AND CREW CAPSULE WITH OUR FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT CREW THERE. JEFF BEZOS, MARK BEZOS, OLIVER DAMON AND WALLY. AND THEIR FAMILIES THERE GIVING BIG HUGS ALL AROUND. WHAT A MOMENT SO MUCH EMOTION. FROM ALL OF THEM, THE ELATION. DID YOU SEE WALLY WHEN SHE CAME OUT. I TOLD YOU SHE WAS JUST

PROBABLY GOING TO DO. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE DAY. A COUPLE MORE MOMENTS OF THIS AG SO MUCH ENGINEERING. SO MUCH OBJECTIVE ENGINEERING TECHNICAL THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO IT. WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE ONBOARD, THEY ARE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE EMOTIONAL COMPONENT TO THIS. THE TIME, THE EFFORT, THE BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS. YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE. CONGRATULATIONS, GARY. THIS IS EXCITING. >> WALLY WHO TODAY BECAME THE WORLD’S ASTRONAUT. TO OLIVER DAMON. AT 18. HE JOINED US FROM THE NETHERLANDS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN. I MEAN, AGAIN, IN REPRESENTING THE NEXT GENERATION. I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT OLIVER DOES WITH HIS FUTURE. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE IMAGINE. SPREAD THE MESSAGE. THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE VIEW

FROM UP THERE. AND IN FACT, I HEAR IN JUST A COLE IMPRESSIONS FROM ING A ASTRONAUTS. WE’LL STAB BY FOR FOR THAT THERE. THE FRIENDS AND THE FAMILIES. E SMITH THERE. YOU SEE A COUPLE OF OTHER EXECUTIVES. OF COURSE, THIS CREW. CAMPAIGN TIME, EVERYBODY. S. >> UP SIT THE ONLY PROPER WAY TO END A SPACEFLIGHT WITH A CHAMPAGNE SHOWER. AND MAN, THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CELEBRATION. THIS IS I LOT MORE TO COME. WE ARE, AGAIN, NOT JUST THE CREW, AND THE FAMILIES, BUT EVERYBODY WHO HAS MADE THE HISTORIC DAY POSSIBLE. FROM JEFF. >> A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT THERE. TO 2020. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. THERE YOU SEE THE BEZOS BROTHERS HUGGING IT OUT. OLIVER DAMON. YOU SAW HIM EARLIER GIVING HIS FATHER A BIG HUG. WHAT A MOMENT YOU SAW THE FIRST HUG WITH JEFF CAME OUT OF THE

CAPSULE. HIS MOTHER, JACKIE. FOLLOWED BY HIS FATHER, MIKE. I MEAN, AGN, WHAT A DAY. WHAT A DAY. TO THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS. YOU CONTRIBUTED TOED TOO AS WELL. I KNOW YOU ARE ALL HUGGING IT OUT. NEAR SEATTLE SENDING YOU GUYS A LOT OF LOVE FROM DOWN HERE IN WEST TEXAS. WHAT A MOMENT. YOWORK IN THE CAPSULE. BUT MY FAVORITE PART WAS HEARING, YOU KNOW, THE HOLLERING AND THE LAUGHING. YOU KNOW, JEFF WAS KNOWN FOR HIS BIG BOISTEROUS LAUGH. AND I MEAN, HE IS HAVING A MOMENT OF A LIFETIME HERE. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE AS THEY WEREOATING AROUND UP THERE. YOU SAW THEM SAYING GOSH, LOOK AT THE VIEWS. >> GARY. 17 YEARS AGO, YOU JOINED. WE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, START AT THE ANKLE AND WORK BACKWARDS TO MAKE A DESIONANTHEN BUILD FORWARDS. WHEN YOU SAT THERE 17 YEARS AGO

WITH THE VERY SMALL TEAM AT THIS TIME. IS THAT WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE IMAGINED? >> IT IS WHAT WE HOPED FOR. THE SIZE OF THTEAM, THERE WERE ONLY 20 OF US. IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A HUGE LANE OF FAITH THAT WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE. >> I HAVE BEEN HERE SEVEN YEARS. THERE ARE 300. WE ARE BEATEN BY A LOT THERE. YOKN, I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I JOINED THE TEAM, AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MOMENT, THE DAY, THAT WE WERE GOING TO FLY PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT IT. BUT IT IS HERE. AND IT IS NOW. AND I REMEMBER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WILL THIS VIDEO LOOK REICH? WHAT WILL THAT VIDEO LOOK LIKE? IT DOESN’T COMPARE. IT DOESN’T MATTER. THIS IS REAL. THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN ANYTHING THAT WE COULD HAVE EVER. AGAIN, THE EMOTIONAL COMPONENT

TO HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. WE HAVE HAD 15 CONSECUTIVE TESTFLIGHTS WHICH YOU SAID EARLIER IS WHY WE KNEW WE WERE READY TO PUT PEOPLE ONBOARD THIS ROCKET. AND THAT IS WHAT WE BLASTED TODAY. TO TO KNOW THAT WE COULD DO THIS. WE COULD DO THIS SAFELY AND TO GIVE PEOPLE IF EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME, AND I THINBAD ON WHAT WE SEE THERE MONTH, I THINK JOB WELL DONE, SIR. >> AGAIN AND AGAIN. PRECISELY. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. THAT WAS AMAZING. EVERYBODY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THE HISTORIC FIRST HUMAN FLIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A MOMENT FOR THE AGES. AND GUESS WHAT? WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. WE HAVE TWO MORE FLIGHTS THIS YEAR. AND SEVERAL MORE IN THE COMING YEARS. I WA YOU TO JOIN US A LIT

BIT LATER TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR THE FIRST- HAND IMPRESSIONS FOR OUR FOUR ASTRONAUTS WHO WENT TO SPACE AND BACK. WHAT YOU SAW AND SERIOUS AND INTERESTED ABOUT YOUR FEET. A ROCKET RIDE TO SPACE AND BACK. WE HAVE SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR YOU. WE ARE OPEN FOR TICKET SALES. SEND US AN E-MAIL. ASTRONAUTS @BLUEORIGIN WHY.COM. WE CAN’T WAIT TO FLY TO SPACE ITHAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SHARE THE DESK WITH YOU TODAY. THE ARCHITECT OF NEW SHEPARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INSIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND ALL THE HARD WORK OF YOUR TEAM. >> THANK YOU. IT WAS UNFORGETTABLE. E ROAD TO SPACE IS BEING BUILT, EVERYBODY. AND WE TOOK A HUGE STEP TODAY. BUT WE ALSO NEED YOUR HELP. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT BLUE ORIGIN

OR JOINING OUR EXTRAORDINARY TEAM, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMEMORATE TODAY’S HIORIC LAUNCH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME PATCHES FOR YOU THERE. AND THAT IS ALSO WHERE YOU CAN GET SOME APPAREL, SOME COLLECTIBLE GEAR. IT IS ALL THERE. LOOK AT THAT SWEET PATCH. SO BEAUTIFUL WITH THE NAMES OF OUR NEW ASTRONAUTS. WHAT A DAY. EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS ARIANA CORNELL. THAN US. IT IS A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR TO BE YOUR HOST, AND OF COURSE, UNTIL OUR NEXT LAUNCH.