FILE – This Jan. 19, 2020 file photo shows Michael Strahan before the NFL NFC Championship football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers in Santa Clara, Calif. Strahan will be among the crew on Blue Origin’s next flight to space. The company said Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 that the Good Morning America co-host, who just turned 50 on Sunday, will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, on the flight. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP

Michael Strahan is going to space

Luke Gentile November 23, 05:05 PMNovember 23, 05:05 PM iFrame Object

Former NFL star-turned-TV personality Michael Strahan announced Tuesday that he is going to space.

The Super Bowl champion is set to lift during Blue Origin’s Dec. 9 launch, he said.

“I wanted to go to space. I think being there at the first launch was just mind-blowing,” Strahan said. “I just wanted to be a part of it.”

Strahan stands over 6 feet tall and required a special space suit to be made, according to a report.

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Strahan will be joined by Laura Shepard, the daughter of the first American to go to space, Lane and Cameron Bess, investor Evan Dick, and philanthropist Dylan Taylor.

It’s “a great team,” Strahan said.

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The former NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award recipient will soon head to Texas for additional training, a chance to meet the team, and to study safety procedures, according to the report.

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