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>> reporter: tonight a new era ushered in by four brave americans. >> inspiration 4 well come home to planet earth. >> reporter: the tiny spacex dragon capsule returning to earth traveling 17,500 miles per hour. parachutes slowed their speed to 15 miles an hour. splashdown. and then that celebration. >> and there piqued

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Say they will stick to what they know. a cash system thats worked just fine for generations. and even though some are open to using a cryptocurrency in the future, their main worry is that bitcoin can be as volatile as this bowl. rafael romo, cnn, mexico city. coming up, an historic day in manned space travel, as four intrepid adventurers return to earth after three days in orbit. well bring you the dramatic splashdown of this first-ever all-civilian space mission, coming up. pain hits fast. s...

Business. you had jared isaacman who was a billionaire that funded this project. yes, he took some civilian friends onboard, but he is still a billionaire. and then you had the other billionaires that went to space earlier this year, jeff bezos as well as richard branson. lets live in the moment. thats splashdown. incredible. wasnt it? right on time at 7:06 p.m. last night in the atlantic ocean. the ships were already out there ready to pick them up. we saw all of the pictures, the recovery ship...

>> inspiration 4, on behalf of spacex, welcome home to planet earth. your mission has shown the world that space is for all of us and that everyday people can make extraordinary impacts in the world around them. >> yeah, okay. it was the thrill ride of a lifetime and so much more for four regular citizens, none with formal astronaut training. saturdays splashdown marked an historic moment in spaceflight. cnns kristin fisher is in cape canaveral. >> reporter: you could hear the sonic boom here at...

Hayley arceneaux was the first. just so happy. and sian proctor even did a dance. i was on tv watching it with leroy, a former astronaut and also international space station commander as all of this was playing out. he is joining us right now. commander, so great to see you again. thank you so much. as you were watching that, watching that splashdown, and watching as well the rocket take off, what were you thinking? >> everything looked really perfect, frankly. it looked like there were very few...

Good afternoon, everybody. im yasmin vossoughian, coming to you live from washington, d.c. were going to have the latest on whether it lived up to its billing. plus we have new efforts by the biden administration to deal with a massive surge of haitian migrants at the border. new reaction to the pentagons admission and apology for a drone strike that hit afghan civilians including seven children. and then theres the latest fallout to an fda panels decision denying booster shots to most america...

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Technical standpoint. theyve already deployed one of their recovery ships right out here from cape canaveral. into the atlantic ocean right now ready for them to splashdown. we actually watched as that ship made its way out of port canaveral just yesterday. the crew spent the last day doing what many of us would normally do if we were in space. taking plenty of selfies, of photos. they had a big, hearty breakfast. they woke up today to the song its a beautiful day by bono and fitting because the...

Had little to do with a crude launch from the kennedy space center. >> we dont have a very big role here. this is spacexs show and were happy for them. >> reporter: its a milestone years in the making as the governments decades-long monopoly on sending humans into orbit ends. isaacman, founder and ceo of shift 4 payments, funded the entire trip and put up the first half of $200 million which hes hoping to raise for st. jude childrens hospital. >> were giving up all our time here for science rese...