Dra w two 369369. Today. Im Natasha Bertrand at the pentagon and this is cnn welcome to all you watching us here in the United States, canada, and around the world. Im kim brunhuber. We begin with breaking news, the Polaris Dawn crew successfully splashed down just moments ago you down off the coast of florida after they completed a historic boundary breaking mission. The civilian crew of this Spacex Rocket lifted off on tuesday, looking to a new era in commercial Space Travel and exploration. Theyve been farther from the earth than any humans the apollo astronauts, more than 50 years ago he walked in space events, the technology and now return home safely. Im joined live now by daniel dumped bonkers, ceo of the american institute of aeronautics and astronautics. Thank you so much for being here with us so from where i was wanting, it seems like a picture perfect reentry and splashdown. Nothing, of course is simple when youre hurtling through earths atmosphere at thousands of miles an
debris from the vessel discovered not far from the crew s planned destimation, the wreckage of the tay tannic. we have deep sea experts standing by. we ll also be taking a closer look at the five people onboard whose families and friends are now grieving. we ll be joined by guests who knew several of the passengers and understood their love of exploration and adventure. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. tonight the coast guard says it is continuing its investigation of the submersible and its implosion. the discovery of debris confirming everyone s worst fears, that the underwater expedition to see the ruins of the titanic had a disastrous end. our correspondents are at key locations covering the story from every angle. first, i want to go to miguel marquez who s in newfoundland. the debris field was found just off the coast of canada where you are just
here at the nato meetings for the next two days. it s absolutely vital that britain and other countries in this alliance get the weapons, get the ammunition and get the support to ukraine that they need. it is vital for us that ukraine wins and putin loses. it s notjust an investment in their defence and their security, it s an investment in our defence and our security. we will be safer in britain if we ensure the right outcome to this conflict, and it s vital that we talk about that over the two coming days. it s also important that we commemorate the 75th anniversary of this alliance, the most successful defensive alliance in history, and nato is strong and is getting stronger. today we ll be having the first time a swedish foreign minister has attended this meeting as a full member of nato. and with sweden and finland joining, nato s has become stronger. the most important thing we can do to make sure this alliance continues to grow and continues to strengthen is to ensur
some people call it exploration. what do you think the implications of this accident are for the submersible industry? i think that, you know, a readdressal of safety is probable paramount before people can as captain mclaren said be passengers, be tourists essentially going to the bottom. i think submersibles will likely be subjected to additional scrutiny, tests, and evaluation of their design to make sure that they can actually operate at these depths that people want to go to. it is an extremely unforgiving environment. there s really no room for mistakes, and so many mistakes can mean you instantly fail. so many questions out there and the investigation will take some time. and captain, again, our condolences for the loss of your friend. thank you, thank you. and coming up, the victims who lost their lives pursuing their spirit of exploration,