Blue Origin mission complete recap: Michael Strahan reflects on trip to space
The "GMA" co-anchor joins 5 others on the New Shepard launch from West Texas.
"Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan and the Blue Origin crew of astronauts successfully blasted off to space and back to Earth aboard New Shepard on Saturday morning.
The Dec. 11 mission was the rocket's third human flight this year and marked the first with a full astronaut manifest of six crew members in the capsule, according to Blue Origin.
The mission elapsed time was 10 minutes and 13 seconds with a maximum ascent velocity of 2,244 miles per hour, or 3,611 kilometers per hour.
Check out all the live details and recap below from the "Launch Site One" facility in the West Texas desert.
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Capsule separates from booster
Mission control confirmed that the booster safely crossed the Kármán line at 100 kilometers.
New Shepard is a go for launch
Mission control announced that the launch is T-minus 8 minutes and 30 seconds until liftoff.
Blue Origin capsule hatch closes
The hatch of the capsule closed as the tower crew finished its final checks.
Strahan shares his post-space flight thoughts
"It's such -- almost like an out-of-body experience. It's hard to even believe it happened," Strahan said in an interview with ABC News' Amy Robach on Saturday. "It's a crazy feeling, like the feeling of weightlessness, the feeling when the booster goes off, the rocket goes off, and it detaches and you don't know what's up from down. And you're body just goes like this, and you take off a seatbelt, but naturally, it feels natural to move."
Strahan added that "you actually have to push off things and touch them very gently" to move about with zero gravity. "But it feels very natural."