{"id":19345,"date":"2025-04-14T20:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gayle-king-describes-blue-origins-bona-fide-freakin-flight-to-space-i-cant-even-believe-what-i-saw\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T20:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:35:15","slug":"gayle-king-describes-blue-origins-bona-fide-freakin-flight-to-space-i-cant-even-believe-what-i-saw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/gayle-king-describes-blue-origins-bona-fide-freakin-flight-to-space-i-cant-even-believe-what-i-saw\/","title":{"rendered":"Gayle King describes Blue Origin&#8217;s &#8220;bona fide freakin&#8217; flight&#8221; to space: &#8220;I can&#8217;t even believe what I saw&#8221;"},"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>&#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; co-host <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gayle-king-space-launch-blue-origin-live-stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gayle King<\/a><\/span> returned safely to Earth on Monday morning after a roughly 10-minute journey to the edge of space with an all-women crew aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/blue-origin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Blue Origin<\/a>&#8216;s New Shepard spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so proud of me right now,&#8221; King said shortly after landing. &#8220;This was not a ride. 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You guys,&#8221; she could be heard saying. &#8220;Look at the moon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>King describes &#8220;peaceful&#8221; microgravity\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>King described the experience of being in space as &#8220;oddly quiet&#8221; and &#8220;peaceful,&#8221; adding that looking down at Earth was profound.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You look down at the planet and you think that&#8217;s where we came from? To me it&#8217;s such a reminder about how we need to do better, be better,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Upon landing in West Texas, King was seen kissing the ground in celebration and relief.<\/p>\n<p>King, who recently turned 70, admitted she had been terrified of flying but found courage through the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gayle-king-blue-origin-space-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">mission&#8217;s extensive preparation.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our instructor said I am her best success story. She&#8217;s never had somebody go through the course who is terrified of flying,&#8221; King said.<\/p>\n<p>King said she thought about Eleanor Roosevelt&#8217;s famous quote about courage during the flight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Courage is doing something that scares you but you do it anyway,&#8221; King said. &#8220;I stepped out of my comfort zone in a way I never thought was possible for me. I really do feel I can take on anything. Anything. 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