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The capsule splash down off the coast of florida. and now we're seeing the capsule approaching -- or i should say, the crew recovery ship approaching the capsule. and so what's going to happen is they're going to hook those ropes to the capsule and they're going to use this hiydraulic crane to lift it out of the ocean, and they call it the nest. it's basically a giant net. they're going to place the capsule down in the recovery ship's nest, and only then are they going to begin the process of opening up the hatch and getting the crew out. and i'm very curious whether or not spacex is going to ...

>> things are moving quite quickly. we splashed down about 40 minutes ago, and now dragon is on the main recovery vessel. on the right-hand side of the screen, that's a live view inside of the capsule. you can't see their faces, on the left hand side that's jared isaacman, the mission commander. to his right is dr. sian proctor, the mission pilot. to the doctor's right is chris sembroski, the mission specialist and to isaacman's left is the medical officer of the mission. i'm sure they are all excited to come back to earth and probably still enjoying some in flight entertainment as jared calls...

>> perform the next steps for egressing which will include a medical officer checking on them prior to the egress. >> on the right hand side of your screen, that's a live shot inside the capsule. >> they are translating the vehicle to just under the helicopter pad on the vessel. looks like they are starting to wash it down, get it cleaned,

Able and have the prerogative to share as much or as little about this mission as they want. so we can see in a few minutes now -- you can see the crew dragon capsule, called resilience, safely on the capsule recovery ship just off the coast of florida in the atlantic ocean. it appears that it is secure in its little bird's nest there. and in a few moments, we should see some of the crew members coming out, checking the capsule, making sure it's okay. and you know, one thing i would point out, look at that capsule. it was beautiful, pristine white when it took off. now look at it. you see thos...

Splashdown. so to make sense of this historic moment, i want to bring in cnn's space and defense correspondent, kristin fisher. and we have special guest tonight, former nasa restaurant, mike massimino. he is "the new york times" best-selling author "spaceman: an astronaut's unlikely journey to unlock the secrets of the universe." kristen, what a momentous moment. what did we just see? >> pam, you could hear the sonic boom here at cape canaveral as the dragon capsule and the inspiration 4 crew made its way through the atmosphere, before splashing down just off the coast of florida. sorry, we'v...