Gayle King responded Monday to the viral online memes poking fun at her facial expressions before her Blue Origin space flight.

Lauren Sánchez, journalist, pilot, and fiancée to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, had her emotional moment post-flight. In a chat with Charissa Thompson, she described seeing Jeff before liftoff as a gut punch: "I just went, 'Oof.' I had to come back — I mean, we're getting married. If I didn't come back, that would be a bummer for me."