{"id":18787,"date":"2025-04-11T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gayle-king-hopes-to-inspire-others-with-her-historic-flight-to-space\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:59:27","slug":"gayle-king-hopes-to-inspire-others-with-her-historic-flight-to-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gayle-king-hopes-to-inspire-others-with-her-historic-flight-to-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Gayle King hopes to inspire others with her historic flight to space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The countdown until a historic <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cbs-mornings-co-host-gayle-king-blue-origin-space-flight-what-to-know\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Blue Origin rocket launch<\/a><\/span>, whose crew includes &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/gayle-king\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gayle King<\/a>, is just days away.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to liftoff, King spoke with &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; featured host Vladimir Duthiers, revealing how she feels about the opportunity to travel to space, her lingering questions and the support she&#8217;s received.<\/p>\n<p>King said she&#8217;s &#8220;still processing&#8221; things ahead of the launch, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ll be ready Monday morning, I promise. I will be ready Monday morning. But I still have a ways to go before I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Okay, put me in, coach. Let&#8217;s go.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She will travel with an <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gayle-king-blue-origin-space-announcement\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">all-female crew<\/a><\/span> that includes pop star Katy Perry, journalist and philanthropist Lauren S\u00e1nchez, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-large\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/27\/e1549bf6-87a6-41c0-b490-bcb8065b8898\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/a721bcdb319f5d501dbe69127017ece3\/image-1.png?v=653dd6912cdd8596c9bfea812c355f95#\" alt=\"image-1.png \" height=\"698\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">&#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; co-host Gayle King will be joined by Katy Perry, Lauren S\u00e1nchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn on the historic all-women mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trip will put all of them into an extraordinary category: The number of humans who have ventured into space would only fill about half the seats in a typical Broadway theater.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is very daunting when you think about the small number of people that have actually done it. I still get very uncomfortable when people say, &#8216;astronaut,'&#8221; King said. &#8220;I in no means feel like an astronaut. They said, &#8216;But, Gayle, if you go to space, you&#8217;re an astronaut.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>King said traveling to space was never her dream, but she considered the opportunity and message it would send.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was something about being part of the first female team to me,&#8221; King said. &#8220;The group of women that they put together is so extraordinary to me that I thought, &#8216;Wow. Why would I not wanna be a part of that?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>King, who turned 70 in December, said she never thought this experience would have been possible just 6 months ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look at some of these young people and say, &#8216;keep up.&#8217; So I don&#8217;t have hangups about 70, and what that means, and what that represents. I just think everybody can define it for themselves,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>King admitted she&#8217;s a nervous flier, but looks forward to the moment she achieves weightlessness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to just floating in space, and just seeing what that feels like, and what that looks like,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She added she still has some practical concerns before liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find myself wondering, &#8216;How do you get back into your seat after you get out of the seat and you&#8217;re floating around?'&#8221; King said laughing. &#8220;&#8216;How do you get back down to your seat? Is it like swimming back down?&#8217; I&#8217;ll learn that in training and try to float with some dignity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Astrophysicist Jackie Faherty gave King and Duthiers a preview at the American Museum of Natural History in New York of what she&#8217;ll be looking at during the mission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You will reach an altitude where the atmosphere gets thinner, thinner, thinner, and then the sky will start to turn dark,&#8221; Faherty told King about what she&#8217;ll see 62 miles above the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>In a small bag that she plans on bringing with her to space, King has packed a locket from actress Drew Barrymore that has a photo of her daughter and son, a stuffed version of her grandson&#8217;s favorite Sesame Street character, Tamir, and a bracelet made by a co-worker&#8217;s 7-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Support for spaceflight<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, King was surprised in a special <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tom-hanks-bill-nye-the-science-guy-gayle-king-spaceflight\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;Talk of the Table&#8221; segment that featured a video of well-wishes and advice<\/a><\/span> for her. The early sendoff included messages and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/william-shatner-gayle-king-all-women-space-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">advice<\/a><\/span> from actor Tom Hanks, former NASA rocket scientist and tech founder <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/aisha-bowe-all-female-blue-origin-spaceflight\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aisha Bowe<\/a><\/span>, who is joining King on the spaceflight, the &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; family and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, she expressed her gratitude for her daughter, Kirby, son, Will, and Oprah for their support and encouragement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If any of the three of them had said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a good idea,&#8217; or, &#8216;I&#8217;m worried,&#8217; I wouldn&#8217;t have done it. But they were all so excited and enthusiastic for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, she acknowledged that if they were offered the same opportunity to fly to space, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I would go, &#8216;Yay! You should go,'&#8221; though later added she would ultimately be supportive.<\/p>\n<p>Even her young grandchildren have shown their excitement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Luca&#8217;s 3, so he understands. \u2026 He&#8217;ll be 4 in September, so he knows Gaila&#8217;s going on a rocket ship and he wanted to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>King explained they call her Gaila, a combination of Gayle and Gaia, a fitting reference for the surreal moment ahead of her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because it&#8217;s \u2026 Mother Earth! \u2026 I didn&#8217;t even think about that,&#8221; she said laughing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>King&#8217;s message to others\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Before the big countdown, King shared a simple message, saying she hopes others watching her and living the moment with her are proud, &#8220;To know that I pulled this off that, it&#8217;ll be an inspiration to somebody at some point in their lives. That&#8217;s what I hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She encourages others to shoot for the stars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourselves. It also tells you what&#8217;s possible at this age.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to watch the spaceflight<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can watch coverage of the Monday morning launch on CBS or stream it on CBS News 24\/7 and Paramount+.<\/p>\n<p>Watch &#8220;CBS Mornings,&#8221; which airs every weekday from 7 to 9 a.m. ET, for pre-launch coverage and other top stories. 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