India, April 15 -- Lauren Sanchez is reflecting on her emotional - and historic - journey to space, and she's not above cracking a joke about how she landed the seat. Shortly after returning from Blue Origin's NS-31 mission, the company's first all-female flight, the 55-year-old pilot and broadcaster opened up to journalist Charissa Thompson about the experience.

Fighting back tears, Sanchez recalled her final moments with fiance Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, before liftoff aboard the New Shepard rocket. Before breaking into a laugh, she shared, "Seeing Jeff before I left, I just went, 'Oof,' Like, you know, I had to come back - I mean, we're getting married. If I didn't come back, that would be a bummer for me."

Thompson went...