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Splashing down in the atlantic, near florida, rescue boats at the ready. >> thanks so much, spacex. it was a heck of a ride for us. we're just getting started. >> reporter: geoscience professor and newly-minted astronaut dr. sian proctor dancing back on earth. the crew making history, traveling 367 miles above the earth for thee days -- farther than any other civilian on the planet. >> we're seeing the world every 90 minutes. that's how fast we're traveling around it. it's pretty incredible. >> reporter: one of goals of the mission -- to raise money for st. jude children's research hospital. a...

They are going to go into orbit almost 360 miles above earth. higher than the orbit of the international space station. the crew, is composed entirely civilians. there is as i said a billionaire who founded the trip. also physicians assistant from sainthood research center, a data engineer, and a geoscience professor, who is nearly selected for the astronaut program 12 years ago, getting a very cool second chance. those don't usually happen. so we're going to witness, basically is the closest thing that we have ever seen here in the u.s. it least to cut the kind of dream that we were sold as c...