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Cedi caprio should, quote, keep his mouth shut. three astronauts and a european astronaut have begun their day-long return to earth after having spent half a year aboard the international space station. >> from the international space station. >> the returning crew will spend the day making the long journey back home, splashdown off the florida coast is expected early friday. before exiting, nasa astronaut tom mashburn formally handed the command of the space station to oleg artimeiv. the spir...

Look at this video playing out in brownsville, texas east of where we are in roma this morning. the chase starts in rural roads and takes over a grassy area surrounding the river and then you will see the truck go over an embankment and thats what border patrol agents call a splashdown. you will see in body cam video these border patrol agents get out of their vehicles. they confiscate the drugs but what you dont see in the video is the drug smuggler being taken into custody. the reason for that...

Stint. of course, the axium crew won. those astronauts came down on a splashdown monday that was also on a space x falcon nine and dragon capsule delivery system. that was a private launch contracted with spacex. but it was really the first step, the historic one for nasa contracting out with private space companies to also use the international space station. and everybody emphasized heavily that is not a space tourism trip at all. it was work. they worked did twenty five scientific research pr...

Own but theres one former astronaut of a four-man crew, so have they all been prepped over in case there is an emergency? >> well, pamela, i want to point out though these are quote, unquote private astronauts, space tourists, they did go through months of training to prepare for this journey they have embarked on. in fact the journey and the stay on board the station was supposed to be eight days but they got a few extra days because this splashdown that we are waiting for, this undocking that ...

Atlantic or off the gulf of mexico, in the gulf of mexico rather. we dont exactly know where they will be landing. they are intending to be around jacksonville, florida, but, you know, that in and of itself is quite a wild experience, and it can be a little tough on the stomach, so, you know, these -- neese these gentlemen, they havent been in space for too long so hopefully they will be able to get their earth legs back once they get outside of the space capsule endeavor. certainly this mission...

Three of the four astronauts paid for this excursion they got a bonus, five extra days in space. the historic mission this really was, four private citizen astronauts heading up to the i.s.s. to work. heavy winds and too big waves off the coast of florida kept delaying this departure and splashdown to earth. but its looking good today, three four waves for the recovery. the dragon capsule left the space station at 8:30 eastern and now on the way to the atlantic ocean for a 1:06 p.m. eastern time...

Michael lopez, ohio businessman layer conner, canadian businessman mark pegty and billionaire israeli, a former fighter pilot. the ultimate plan is making science fiction reality. >> our long-term vision is to build a space city, right? where people actually can work, live, there would be laboratories and there are areas of the space city that will have gravity so they can have a normal life. >> he told me even envisions kids living up in space alongside their working and living parents. now the...

Thats what were fully committed to with the support of everybody here at the iss and on the ground. so its going to be a busy week of research for us, and im sure its going to fly by. >> reporter: theyre going to be very busy while theyre on station there. they will be doing over 100 hours of scientific research, running 25 different experiments, one on aging, another on brain health. really interesting one on hologram teleportation which is essentially a fancy way of saying a two-way video dial...

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A man drowning off the jersey shore. and the dangerous flash flood threat for millions in the south. an explosive volcanic eruption on a spanish island where the evacuation of more than 10,000 people is ongoing. and a historic splashdown. spacexs first all-civilian crew returning safely to earth. what it means for the future of space travel. good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on a very busy sunday. im linsey davis. more on that plane crash in a moment. but as we come on ...