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Fast and then a slow and smooth landing. the fins stabilizes the booster and helps guide on the way down, and then the landing gear. not every booster has this. that landing gear deployed as they were nearing touchdown. let's talk about the flight path we witnessed. so we knew that when they were going to go up, everybody on board that crew capsule, they were going to feel gravity about three times stronger than normal. they were pinned to their seats. then we saw about three minutes and that's when the booster and crew capsule detached from one another. so once they did detach, they went on t...

And there you can see the capsule from the top of the booster. they are continuing their assent over the carmen line. you'll know when they hit apajy when the speed hits zero. there they are, over 100 kilometers. welcome to space. the newest astronauts on board our crew capsule. er there they are. they have just about hit their

You were on the ground there in july. nobody bet tore talk about this. it's been so good to be with you. we want to give everybody at home a closer look of what the passengers are experiencing up there, a closer look at the spacecraft itself. so here we go. we're going to go through fast facts. this is blue origin, new shepard's 18th mission. the second crew mission. the crew capsule can hold six people. only four were on board today. it's designed to fly autonomously. while there was a trained astronaut on board, nobody is technically playing that role of pilot. the crew capsule, it's pressur...

Your sea legs feel a little funny when you get back to the dock. in this case, they are still at sea, but you have to imagine it must be a little bit unsteady after three days in zero gravity, to suddenly be supporting your body with your own muscles once again. but they do seem to be doing very well as they make their way out of the dragon crew capsule. this is chris sembroski, the flight engineer. [applause] >> that is chris sembroski, again, the mission specialist. again with a smile all over his face. >> yeah, there we go. last but not least we have

Be inevitable, so we want to be very careful and proceed very smartly along this trajectory, but it is very exciting. >> jon: you can see they are now using the gantry to lift the dragon crew capsule on to the recovery ship. let's listen in to space x mission control as they bring it on board. >> incredible. the dragon is being lifted on to the recovery vessel, into the dragon nest, that's what you see them setting the vehicle down on right there. >> you see at the very bottom of dragon, some water coming out, that's the system that helps keep dragon up right in the ocean so it's functioning a...