Special Report: Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin launch into space

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and three crewmates blasted off on a 10-minute up-and-down flight to space, paving the way for the company's future passenger launches. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King and "CBS Evening News" anchor Norah O'Donnell led CBS News' Special Report coverage.

[@wdc2032]

All "little black kids" aren't on a corner somewhere,...

[@Thecornerdojotv]

Our grandchildren will remember this day as the day that all the billionaires left us on earth after they destroyed it lol

[@callmemr.thomasreagan1157]

👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@RatusMax]

Nope, billionaires aren't destroying it. We all are. People buying the next item built to fail to push profits. All those items with rare earth metals end up in landfills. All because we the people didn't stand up to it by not consuming.

[@LiftingGunsBibleTradition]

Non tax paying Bezos playing with his toys while 3rd world countries are starving 😂

[@RatusMax]

Human problems exists so long as humans exist. There is no way of getting around that. Being jealous that one person became the richest man in the world from nothing isn't going to change that. Poverty has been part of human life for thousands of years, one billionaire won't change that. You can't be like Mansa Musa throwing money everywhere and expect those 3rd world countries to be lifted. Feeding them with no solution only drains the money and makes them dependent. China loves jumping into 3rd world countries and "helping them". They use their chinese people to build the infrastructure not putting a CENT into the 3rd world country. Then when they default on a loan, they take the 3rd world countries land and uses it to build crops for the peoples republic of china. Space exploration is the future. All the worlds problems will always be the worlds problem. Money doesn't solve it. Humans surely won't solve it. The first person who you should care about is yourself, then once you are good you care about possibly your family. Then your DREAMS. When you die, the money can go out to helping people as it is USELESS by then.

[@JanHans]

Is this advertisement?

[@babblesandbubbles]

I’m sorry bezos made it back.

[@Interglacial_optimist]

It'll only cost a trillion dollars to put the rest of the United States billionaires into a 10-minute joyride

[@wesleybrown3922]

And it went to charity

[@callmemr.thomasreagan1157]

Went up in the air came back down what a space ride 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

[@rlc5727]

Brilliant

[@reneremington5806]

Congrats

[@paw-za-tivepooch4508]

Wow

[@jenniferwebb5954]

29:08 Why is no one talking about Gayle repeatedly calling that kid a "little person"

[@stansonhenderson6196]

Live long and prosper

[@user-rz4kr9ep3x]

Look's like ,,,,,,,,,

[@purselmer5931]

Didn't hit at 1 mile per hour, where were the rocket boosters supposed to come out and slow it down to 1 from 16 miles per hour?

[@ByAnyMeansNecessary.]

It's a short burst at the very last second that slows them down. It's the same as Russia's Soyuz capsule.

[@Kai-tn4yx]

36:04 INSANE comment...

[@tc411]

Gayle has a terrible habit of cutting people off or interrupting

[@purselmer5931]

In her defense, she was terrified Mr. Bolden would triple down on his racism.

[@tc411]

@@purselmer5931 she does it all the time

[@purselmer5931]

@@tc411 Mine was a kinda sick joke.

[@vv-cv6ud]

Most repeated moment to watch 22:03

[@tomdurkins]

Nope, 33:08 when CBS made this about race.

[@melwo]

Bill Gates again became the richest man on earth for few minutes.

[@johnbrown4752]

I think we should thank all of the Amazon workers who put off going to the bathroom as their back teeth were floating ... enabling the Blue Origin passengers to feel the experience of "floating" as the Amazon workers do.

[@YouTubeusr]

Man flew a giant dil do to space

[@BeliiSpii]

Eat the Rich!!!

[@helaasgard273]

Terrible news. I so wanted him NOT to.come back.

[@LiftingGunsBibleTradition]

🚀 *Hope the thing wanders off in space and that they never return* 🌝

[@stevenrodriguez3891]

🚀💦

[@unvaccinatedAndPureBlood]

Lost In Space is something we really wish for.

[@EclipsePlaysFB]

I thought they were going deep into space. One can hope, right? Lmfao

[@Foreverhoe10billion]

What a nasty ship and design! Was so nasty watching it up in the air going back and forth and teetering in the air. Very innapropriate

[@taquitobandito6054]

You do realize that’s wind right? Every ship does that, especially if they’re small like this one.

[@Foreverhoe10billion]

@@taquitobandito6054 it’s shape and design of the ship that made it disturbing

[@Foreverhoe10billion]

@@taquitobandito6054 idc if every ship does that. The way it was designed was in poor taste and very suggestive. I don’t appreciate that

[@msbeautyboss3784]

I just said that…it is shaped like someone’s peen…🤣🤣

[@Foreverhoe10billion]

@@msbeautyboss3784 very much so. How does no one on his team not know that

[@jrwashigton635]

💩💩😂😂😂😂😂

[@bigsmilie07]

How are these old guys able to handle the flight?? This seem so fake 😆

[@chaitanyak.n.4768]

That depends, on how high the acceleration is. Seems pretty controlled.

[@bigsmilie07]

@@chaitanyak.n.4768 when I was growing up they said you have to do extreme strenuous training to be an astronaut, now they say anyone can do it especially if the $$$ is right

[@wesleybrown3922]

Fake really they just proved it lol

[@vitomark1613]

These billionaires go to space. See how glorious creation is and still say there’s no GOD? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@damianvargas3752]

Welp in my opinion this was not as cool as Richard Branson. That foo actually let the world witness it along with him and his crew. This was a waste of time watching

[@lgfallin3342]

I agree dude that Virgin Atlantic flight was way cooler and they actually landed the plane back here in new mex , this was like the cheap version lol.

[@phillipgage7356]

So now parabolic flight = weightlessness. You people will believe ANYTHING. Smh

[@chaitanyak.n.4768]

Free fall = weightlessness, and a parabolic trajectory does have a free fall

[@tomdurkins]

What are you talking about? It was on TV.

[@wesleybrown3922]

@@tomdurkins yeppers another saying we never went to the moon and all of the millions watch it and different countrys he probably a young kid that dosent know anything

[@jenniferwebb5954]

That's rich coming from a guy who believes in talking snakes and pregnant virgins lol

[@phillipgage7356]

@@chaitanyak.n.4768 I believe this flight constituted of a parabolic trajectory resulting in free fall weightlessness and that the aircraft never actually entered “weightlessness”.