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another giant leap. the first-ever all-private astronaut crew arriving earlier today at the international space station. rachel crane is near cape canaveral, florida, watching this history-making mission. rachel? >> reporter: jessica, the crew of ax1 successfully docked at the international space station around 8:30 a.m. eastern time this morning, and this was a first of its kind mission because all astronauts on board spacecraft endeavor were private astronauts. now they were greeted during a welcome ceremony by expedition 67 which included a few nasa astronauts, a european astronaut, as well as three russian cosmonauts. and pilot of ax1, larry connors, he had some words about the historic nature of this mission. take a listen. >> we're here to experience this, but we understand there's a responsibility, and the responsibility is for this first civilian crew to get it right.