Geoscience Professor News Today

Splashing down in the atlantic, near florida, rescue boats at the ready. >> thanks so much, spacex. it was a heck of a ride for us. were just getting started. >> reporter: geoscience professor and newly-minted astronaut dr. sian proctor dancing back on earth. the crew making history, traveling 367 miles above the earth for thee days -- farther than any other civilian on the planet. >> were seeing the world every 90 minutes. thats how fast were traveling around it. its pretty incredible. >> repor...

They are going to go into orbit almost 360 miles above earth. higher than the orbit of the international space station. the crew, is composed entirely civilians. there is as i said a billionaire who founded the trip. also physicians assistant from sainthood research center, a data engineer, and a geoscience professor, who is nearly selected for the astronaut program 12 years ago, getting a very cool second chance. those dont usually happen. so were going to witness, basically is the closest thin...