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Weve got eyes on the sky right now, awaiting the splashdown of the "inspiration 4." it is an all-civilian space flight. four people are making history by going it alone in space for nearly 72 hours. the spacex crew dragon should be entering its burn at this time and two sets of parachutes will deploy with splashdown set for just after 7:00 p.m. eastern off the atlantic ocean, the florida coast. stay with us for this historic moment, coming up. meantime, although todays so-called justice for j6...

Then the main recovery ship will arrive. that will take 30 minutes. once there, theyll pull the capsule out of the water and only then open the hatch and get the astronauts out. theyll be flown back to kennedy space center and the capsule will be eventually be brought back to port canaveral in cape canaveral. one thing, pam. something like this, a splashdown, its not uncommon for astronauts to get quite sea sick. spacex says they have contingencies in place, they have the appropriate hardware, a...

We were wrong. the family of a young man who is a person of interest in his missing girlfriend is missing himself. >> all i want is for her to come home safe and sound and for this to be a big misunderstanding. im pamela brown in washington on this saturday. you are in "the cnn newsroom." its great to have you along with us on this busy saturday. we want to begin with breaking news from outer space. the worlds first all-civilian space flight is making its way home right now, as we speak, spl...

Look back on this in a few years and say we all watched as the splashdown happened, you had an all-civilian spacex flight, what is it were going to restroom? what is it were going to be asking? >> i think its just the first of many future civilian flights that will happen. to me, i make the analogy of discovering the new world, the next frontier. and really lower orbit is the next frontier. were going to be building additional space stations over time, were going to send people to work and live ...

Capsule. as i say, the first amateur crew, all amateur crew, to go into orbit on a commercial mission. we will just hear what they are saying. a new era in human spaceflight, and what an incredible mission, what an amazing view, watching them touch down and splashdown into the atlantic ocean. you can hear the crowd here, so excited to welcome the crew back home. excited to welcome the crew back home-— excited to welcome the crew back home. ~ ., ., ., , back home. we do have a couple of events ...

Engineering professor if this mission might persuade the feds to give the civilian team their official astronaut wings. >> i know they are planning some semantical games because they are not official crew. so they changed the wording to say you have to be a crewmember to get your astronaut wings. i think its a little silly. i think just give it to them. they flew 100 miles above the space station. i think that earns them the right to have their astronaut wings personally. >> the civilian crew we...

>> i was about to say, sit back and relax is something i wouldnt be able to do. walk us through what this experience is like, specifically to land in water given that these are not trained astronauts. at the top of the hour, youre watching "american voices" and were moments away from splashdown of inspiration 4 carrying the first civilian crew to orbit the earth. leeroy, tell us what its like for the astronauts? >> theyve been prepared and trained. its an autonomous vehicle, so theres very littl...

As they egress the vehicle. it wont just be all of them getting out at once. they will follow procedures. i believe they will be starting with egress of seat one. >> jon: the successful splashdown of the space x crew dragon capsule inspiration four prosides a number of firsts -- provides a number of firsts. i will read some of them. first all civilian human space flight into orbit. we have talked about that. the first black female spacecraft pilot is on board. that being dr. sian proctor, the yo...

For the future of commercial space flight. so ill be eagerly watching, and hopefully being part of that as well. >> doctor, very quickly, your final thoughts? >> oh, just wonderful to see american ingenuity at work. and getting us back into space in a commercial way. and thanks for helping me relive some of my memories, again, too. >> yes, i imagine that this is a very nostalgic day. kendis, leroy, doctor, thank you all for spending some time with us. and as we wrap up live coverage of this hist...

Much has expectation met reality in that regard, kendis? >> reporter: 1000%, i would say. it has been the sort of precision that take place when it comes to space travel. the re-entry, the orbiting process started exactly at 6:16 p.m. the splashdown, right at 7:06 p.m. as well. all the process you see here now is just what was expected to take place. well lose a small there from what i can see from the feed shortly. but theyre expected to have a press conference less than an hour from now. what ...