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Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.

Addressing their party conference in london. our political corresponent, nick eardley is with me. the biggest challenge you have as a liberal democrat leader after the coalition is trying to be relevant. they have struggled electorally. the challenge is to find a niche and find a pitch for people to try and get the party back into a better position. in the last few days, we found out what his pitch is and it was a big part of his speech today. quite frankly, he thinks there are a bunch of conser...

>> jon: yeah, it is really again quite an achievement for a private company to have really been this bold, to not just, you know, put them up there sort of in the same space plateau, if you will, as the international space station, but 300 miles up, quite a ways higher than the space station is currently orbiting. it is really an achievement, and obviously elon musk and everybody at space x ought to be incredibly proud. this craft actually launched from the same launch pad at cape canaveral, cap...

0 these are people with families, and the goal here really has been heartwarming. i think youve probably seen the footage of the interactions that this crew has had with children in the hospital. i mean, its been a fund-raising campaign for st. judes, 200 million dollars has been the goal. and theres been all kinds of interaction from them there. it just has been an amazing experience to see regular americans, like you and i, in space. only less than 600 people -- >> jon: hang on a second, alexa...

Incredible images from SpaceX have revealed the unique perspective four civilians are having of planet Eart...

The first all-civilian space flight has launched, carrying four passengers to an unusually high orbit for a three-day trip.

It’s one spectacular launch for four regular people.

SpaceXs first private flight blasted off Wednesday night with two contest winners

The all-civilian crew, who spent months training for this exact moment will spend three days in space after the successful launch Wednesday evening.

Nights sky from the same launch pad from the apollo moon mission. it will orbit the earth for the next three days. they will reenter the atmosphere and splash down into the atlantic ocean. the crew will conduct a series of scientific and medical experiments. i have cal perry in port canaval, florida. cal, walk us through the next three days. when we think of richard branson or the bezos brothers, they were up there for a few minutes. >> reporter: there is a different experience you can offer, at...