Michael Strahan Blue Origin Flight: ‘GMA’ Anchor Reflects On ‘Crazy’ Space Experience

“Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan was left in awe following his trip to space on the Blue Origin rocket, the New Shepard.

On Saturday, Strahan was joined by Laura Shepard Churchley, the daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, and four other paying customers on the space flight. Strahan and Churchley were considered “honorary guests” and did not have to pay for their flight.

The rocket with the group took off at 9:01 a.m. CT in Van Horn, Texas, from the Blue Origin launch facilities. After a 10-minute flight, which traveled over 60 miles above the Earth’s surface, the parachute deployed to return the passengers to Earth.

When the group returned, they were greeted by Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos. Strahan later gushed over his experience in an interview with ABC News.

“It’s such -- almost like an out-of-body experience. It’s hard to even believe it happened,” Strahan said.

“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 continued to reflect on his experience moving in zero gravity: “You actually have to push off things and touch them very gently.” However, he insisted the experience felt “very natural.”

Strahan’s trip to space marks the first time Blue Origin has filled all six seats on the space orbital rocket. Previous trips only consisted of four people rather than a full flight.