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Jeff Bezos to make historic space flight
Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos is heading to space aboard a fully automated spacecraft. Mark Strassmann has a preview.
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Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos is heading to space aboard a fully automated spacecraft. Mark Strassmann has a preview.
"None of us are nervous," said aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who is joining Bezos on the flight.
The tiny town of Van Horn, Texas, is preparing for an influx of people and international attention ahead of Jeff Bezos' launch to space. Blue Origin's first human flight will launch from its facility just to the north of the town. Mark Strassmann reports.
Four civilians -- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother, and the oldest and youngest people to go to space -- are set to launch into space on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. The group joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss their training, and the risks and rewards of their history-making trip.
Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos will be launching into space Tuesday along with three crewmates. It will be the first human flight for the space company. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann joins "CBSN AM" from near the launch site in West Texas with more on the plans.
Jeff Bezos will become the second "space billionaire" to leave Earth on his own rocket, blasting into space on July 20. His flight is the culmination of decades of work -- and will include some special passengers. Mark Strassmann reports.
Days after being upstaged by Richard Branson, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos blasts off on his own spaceflight Tuesday morning.
Two more passenger flights are planned before the end of the year as Bezos kicks off commercial flight operations.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos is ready to rocket to space. His crewmembers include the people set to become the oldest person ever to go to space and the youngest person to make the trip. Mola Lenghi reports.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company will launch its first crewed mission to the edge of space on Tuesday. Greg Autry, a clinical professor of space leadership, policy and business at Arizona State University, joined CBSN to discuss.
The first paying customer to fly aboard a Blue Origin rocket is a teenage physics student.
A new era has begun in space travel as billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos launch themselves above Earth. But for now, it’ll be a journey only the wealthy can afford. Mark Strassmann takes a look.
Billionaire Richard Branson was among the first people to ride into space on his own company's aircraft. Branson and five crewmates experienced about three minutes of weightlessness before plunging back into Earth's atmosphere. Former astronaut Leroy Chiao joined "CBSN AM" to discuss the flight and what it could mean for the future of space tourism.
Billionaire Richard Branson becomes the first person to leave Earth in his own spaceship, beating fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos by at least nine days. The flight on Branson’s “Virgin Galactic” rocket marks a major step for space tourism. Mark Strassmann reports.
On Sunday, British billionaire Richard Branson and a crew of five others soared into space onboard a Virgin Galactic rocket plane. Mark Strassmann reports.
CBS News senior correspondent Mark Strassmann reports on Virgin Galactic’s historic flight which comes just nine days before Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin takes flight.
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on Afghanistan’s future as U.S. troops withdraw from the region, federal face mask mandate while traveling, and Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic space flight.
Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic spaceplane are ready for takeoff on Sunday, hoping to launch the start of the astro-tourism industry. Mark Strassmann has more.
Branson and five crewmates are set for a dramatic sub-orbital flight to space.
Branson and five crewmates plan to launch Sunday on the first fully commercial passenger flight to space.
Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson, and the world's richest man, Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos, are both riding their own rockets into space this month on separate missions, nine days apart.It will be Virgin Galactic's fourth flight to space, but the first carrying its founder. Mark Strassmann has the story.
Richard Branson is slated to be on his Virgin Galactic's maiden manned flight and the same goes for Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin's first manned flight a few days later.
Next stop for the entrepreneur will be space, as he prepares for a July 20 ride on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.
Brad Stone, author of "Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire," joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss what he calls Jeff Bezos' "historic" run as Amazon CEO. Stone reflects on Amazon's complicated public image as Andy Jassy takes the reigns.
This month, a pair of billionaires plan to begin a new era in civilian space travel. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson is set to fly to space on July 11 while Amazon's Jeff Bezos has his own flight planned for 11 days later. CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood joins CBSN's Lana Zak to explain more.
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