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This. they're approaching the international space station where it's expected to dock in about an hour. you see live pictures of this happening right now. see the spaceship "endeavour" from the vantage point of the station below. it's making a series of burns as it makes this approach before it will travel to the very top and attach to the international space station on node 2, the zenith port. shortly after docking, they make a hard docking with latches and hooks and pressurize everything, there will be the hatch opening, and this crew of four will enter the international space station. there...

Then that capsule starts to fall to earth. gravity takes hold again. we saw all of us wngsed the three parachutes started to slow the capsule back for its descent. there was a recovery team nearby. it landed in the texas desert. the recovery team and their suvs came in and then we saw about 22 minutes between landing and then that hatch opening. really incredible that we all were able to witness really what was to us by the book. we want to go back. did it seem by the book to you as well? >> yes, i think it was flawless. this mission, this was, of course, the successful mission of the space la...

>> yes, of course, you have to save the vehicle. as janet mentioned. and make sure it's safe for the rescue crew to approach and they have, of course, brought the vehicle on board the ship and make sure the crew is ready for hatch opening and that's very important that the pressure is equalized. it should be by now and, you know, everyone is ready to go and then they open up the hatch and it's a fairly simple procedure and they'll go in one by one and evaluate the crew on board and take them out one by one and should be pretty soon thousand. >> i'm told that we are going to be seeing the crew....

Prepared for the hatch opening. >> this is essentially an egress or a platform for the crewmembers to exit. dragon is quite large, and the side hatch is quite a bit ways up, so we want to make sure when we open the side hatch, they can just comfortably get out. >> what they have there is a ladder as they prep for hatch opening. there's a few things they have to do here for preparation before they open up that side hatch.

It's safe for the rescue crew to approach. they have, of course, and they brought the vehicle on board the ship. now he got the make sure the crew is ready for hatch opening, very important that the pressure is equalized. it should be by now and everyone is ready to go. and then they'll open the hatch and it's a fairly simple procedure. they'll go in one by one and evaluate the crew on board and take them out one by one. should be pretty soon now. >> i'm told that we are going to be seeing the crew. you see them there. we'll see them exiting the craft in about ten minutes. if you want to see t...