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Start to finish here. >> jon: you are watching live coverage of the return to earth of the spacex inspiration four capsule. were listening to mission control audio. they are about to open the side hatch. [cheers and applause] >> you can see the side hatch is now officially open, and some exciting waves from the crew. they are putting on some protection along the hatch door, while they egress the vehicle here.

Prepared for the hatch opening. >> this is essentially an egress or a platform for the crewmembers to exit. dragon is quite large, and the side hatch is quite a bit ways up, so we want to make sure when we open the side hatch, they can just comfortably get out. >> what they have there is a ladder as they prep for hatch opening. theres a few things they have to do here for preparation before they open up that side hatch.

>> theyve seen earth. >> but from space. they will see earth from earth now. [laughter] >> they will become earthlings again. [laughter] >> just letting the crew know that they will be translating the dragon on the nest and reorienting it into a position so that it is in a good stable position for them to open the hatch. >> dragons top hatch houses the [inaudible]. the crew will come out of the side hatch. before opening the hatch of the spacecraft, the cabin pressure needs to be equalized with ...

Spacecraft because i believe theyre pressurizing the cabin. can you talk us through what that entails and what that will feel like for the folks inside? >> you know, when you come back from an aircraft and youre flying and youre coming down, you feel the pressure in your ears as the airplane maintains pressure because the outside pressure decreases the higher you go. when you come back down, its the opposite effect. you want to make sure that your pressure inside -- that part of your ear that ha...

Designed, and dragon is now on the recovery vessel. >> dragon is almost a bit of a mix of a rocket spacecraft, and a little bit of a boat. [laughter] >> it does everything you need it to. >> yeah, exactly. >> dragon, welcome aboard the recovery vessel. recovery personnel are completing final checks. standby for translation on to eagles platform in approximately one minute. >> good to be aboard. >> i see some fist pumps from the doctor, aboard the dragon capsule right now. next event coming up af...

What a great mission it was and how successful it was. and then theyll probably take questions. thats kind of the natural flow of these kinds of things. and so it really depends on the journalists and the audience and what they want to know. >> stand by for opening. there it is. >> here we go. the endangered for the opening. plan . >> going to be coming up in about ten seconds. >> great comms. [ applause ] there you can see the side hatch is now officially open. so exciting, waves from the crew....

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...

Onboard. id like to go true that side hatch right now, id like to be in the vertical position and take her back up into space again, because she was built to be there, and once you got her in that environment, she performed thawlessly. >> reporter: a bittersweet feeling some astronauts say for seeing this shuttle inside this exhibit instead of being out on the launch pad ready to fly. jenna: really cool to hear from the astronauts and the people visiting as well, steve. thank you. jon: and, you ...