Michael Strahan blasts off into space on Blue Origin mission

Blue Origin launches its third space tourism mission with Good Morning America host Michael Strahan and five others on board (Picture: AFP/Reuters/@michaelstrahan)

Good Morning America host Michael Strahan had blasted off into space with Blue Origin.

Alongside the daughter of famed astronaut Alan Shepard and four paying customers, the crew took a ride to the edge of space on one of Jeff Bezos’ suborbital space tourism rockets.

The rocket launched at 10:01 a.m. ET from the company’s launch facilities near the rural town of Van Horn, Texas.

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