Michael Strahan is heading to space on the third human-crew flight of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft. Strahan had hosted “GMA’s” coverage of Blue Origin’s first manned flight, which included Bezos, on July 20. At the time, he called it “magnificent” and told Bezos that he was “enamored by what you’ve done.”
So Blue Origin approached him and asked him whether he wanted to be a crew member. Before he knew it, he was at the company’s training facility in Van Horn, Texas, getting fitted for a flight suit and a new flight seat that would work with his 6-foot-5 frame.
The New Shepard spacecraft will also have space-industry philanthropist Dylan Taylor, investor Evan Dick, father-and-son team Lane and Cameron Bess and Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American to travel into space.
The launch time is now scheduled for 8:50 am Central Time (9:50 am Eastern)
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