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Going to be in space until just a few months ago. so this is all going to start in about ten minutes. the first thing that's going to happen is the unpressurized trunk of the spacecraft is going to jettison away from the dragon capsule. then the big d orbit burn is going to bin. and once those thrusters fire, there is no turning back. then the nose cone is going to close, protecting the dragon capsule from the extremely high temperatures that it is going to experience on reentry. and we're talking temperatures of up to 3,500 degrees fahrenheit. that's going to cause this fiery plasma to engulf...

Isaacman, who was part of the flight, and they have completed their historic mission. thank you for being with us on bbc news. hello there. many of you will have had a dry start of the weekend. there is some sunshine around, the best of it argue across eastern areas of the country, and a lovely into the day, captured by whether watcher sue in wakefield in west yorkshire. we have seen outbreaks of rain starting to form, some heavy showers crossing the midlands, some of those downpours have been captured by a weather watchers as well, for example look at this one. a downpour crossing the skies o...

As they egress the vehicle. it won't 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 youngest american ever to go to space is on board, hayley

>> getting a little photo-op. and it looks like up next is dr. sian proctor. >> this is very exciting for the crew to be exiting the capsule and finishing their inspiration4 mission. a mission that's done so much for folks around the world. >> yes, absolutely inspiring all the way around. just an incredible mission with an incredible crew. [ applause ] >> here comes dr. sian proctor. >> there she is, excited as ever. dr. sian proctor. i love it. love it. just strutting on down. >> i know, no problem at all.

What is that transition like for them? >> imagine, you're traveling around the earth at a speed of, you know, 17,500 miles per hour. you're higher than the international space station. and then you slowly start this deorbit burn and begin the process of reentering the ea earth's atmosphere. and when doug hurley and bob benkin, who were the crew of demo 2 -- and these are professional nasa slastronauts, military test pilots, people who have been training their whole lives for this. when they experienced what the crew of inspiration 4 just experienced, they said it felt as though they were insid...