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Michael can't wait to go back to space.
The former football player and co-anchor of "Good Morning America" smiled after he landed after being in space.
"I want to go back to the place where New Shepard came down," he told Bezos after exiting the craft.
After being launched on Blue Origin's NS-19 mission aboard New Shepard Saturday, Strahan and five other passengers experienced a few minutes of weightlessness and breathtaking views of Earth from 65 miles up before descending back to Earth under their capsule's parachutes.
Touchdown has a new meaning. After the flight, a former NY Giants defensive end wrote on his account. That was amazing!
Blue Origin launched Michael Strahan to space.
Good Morning America co-anchor and former NFL star Michael Strahan embraces Laura Shepard Churchley, daughter of Alan Shepard, as Dylan Taylor, Chairman & CEO of Voyager Space after they flew into space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard on December 11, 2021. The image was taken by Mario Tama.
Laura Shepard Churchley, the oldest daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American to fly in space, was on the flight. The crew was rounded out by four paying passengers.
The live Blue Origin broadcast showed a former NY Giants defensive end, Michael Strahan, giving an enthusiastic thumbs-up from the window while waiting for recovery crews, along with a large group of well-wishers and film crews, to approach the spaceship in the desert near Van Horn. After emerging from the New Shepard capsule that carries Blue Origin passengers to space, the enthusiasm continued.
It was unbelievable. "It's really hard to describe it, it's really hard to say," he said in the video. He made comments to onlookers after landing.
Michael Strahan explained Blue Origin's launch.
Touchdown has a new meaning. Wow... that was amazing.
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"Alright, here's the thing, Jeff Bezos and a small group of people assembled near the craft after it lands," said the host.
"The Gs, it's a face drop, but it's not a facelift, it's the forces of gravity that you experience when you launch and land," he said. He said he knew what he was going to look like at 85.
When Blue Origin launched its first crewed New Shepard flight carrying Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark and other people, Michael told his crewmates to come back and watch it from the ground. The launch of Good Morning America was being reported on by Strahan.
Blue Origin's third crewed flight took place on Saturday. William Shatner and three other people were on New Shepard in October.
Saturday's flight was the first in which Blue Origin carried a full six-person crew, with the space tourists calling themselves "The Original Six." The original Mercury 7 astronauts were selected by NASA in 1959 and were the first spaceflyers.
Alan Shepard was Churchley's father. When her father became the first American to fly into space, she was about 14.
He didn't get to enjoy it like I did. Churchley said that he was working during the broadcast.
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos gave Good Morning America co-anchor and NFL star Michael Strahan his wings after he launched on the New Shepard NS-19 suborbital flight. The image is from Blue Origin.
Bezos stood nearby and said that it was all business.
He had to do it on his own. I went along for the ride. Bezos joked, "He wasn't doing somersaults."
Blue Origin invited Churchley and Strahan on its third crewed flight, which reached a maximum altitude of 65.8 miles (106 km) above ground level in 10 minutes.
The crew had about three minutes of weightlessness at the top of the suborbital flight, during which they exclaimed about the view on the broadcast, before they descended underneath parachutes to the Texas desert.
The other four spaceflyers were paying passengers.
Dylan Taylor is the chairman and CEO of the space exploration firm and co-founding patron of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.
Evan Dick is an engineer and investor who is a volunteer pilot.
The principal and founder of a technology-focused venture fund is Lane Bess.
A child of Lane is named Cameron Bess. They use the name MeepsKitten to stream variety content.
Bezos personally drove some of the crew out to the launch pad and presented them with their wings. Taylor said in a prelaunch video that he expected the flight to be unforgettable. His crewmates agreed.
"I'm going to do it again," Lane Bess said as Bezos gave theentrepreneur and investor his wings. Bess would have to get back in line to book a flight.
Dick was the last one to receive his wings. In the video, the engineer-turned investor said he always wanted to work in the industry, but never did.
Dick told Bezos that he made his dream come true.
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