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Cedi caprio should, quote, keep his mouth shut. three astronauts and a european astronaut have begun their day-long return to earth after having spent half a year aboard the international space station. >> from the international space station. >> the returning crew will spend the day making the long journey back home, splashdown off the florida coast is expected early friday. before exiting, nasa astronaut tom mashburn formally handed the command of the space station to oleg artimeiv. the spirit of cooperation was especially mooefl given the war in ukraine raging below. >> and i relinquish c...

Look at this video playing out in brownsville, texas east of where we are in roma this morning. the chase starts in rural roads and takes over a grassy area surrounding the river and then you will see the truck go over an embankment and that's what border patrol agents call a splashdown. you will see in body cam video these border patrol agents get out of their vehicles. they confiscate the drugs but what you don't see in the video is the drug smuggler being taken into custody. the reason for that is because they purposely drive into the river so they can swim across the river to mexico. leave...

Stint. of course, the axium crew won. those astronauts came down on a splashdown monday that was also on a space x falcon nine and dragon capsule delivery system. that was a private launch contracted with spacex. but it was really the first step, the historic one for nasa contracting out with private space companies to also use the international space station. and everybody emphasized heavily that is not a space tourism trip at all. it was work. they worked did twenty five scientific research projects working right alongside the cosmonauts, the other professional astronauts and the crew was 11...

Own but there's one former astronaut of a four-man crew, so have they all been prepped over in case there is an emergency? >> well, pamela, i want to point out though these are quote, unquote private astronauts, space tourists, they did go through months of training to prepare for this journey they have embarked on. in fact the journey and the stay on board the station was supposed to be eight days but they got a few extra days because this splashdown that we are waiting for, this undocking that we're waiting for, it was pushed by five days so these private astronauts, they got a few extra day...

Atlantic or off the gulf of mexico, in the gulf of mexico rather. we don't exactly know where they will be landing. they are intending to be around jacksonville, florida, but, you know, that in and of itself is quite a wild experience, and it can be a little tough on the stomach, so, you know, these -- neese these gentlemen, they haven't been in space for too long so hopefully they will be able to get their earth legs back once they get outside of the space capsule endeavor. certainly this mission has been incredible with them on board, but they are about to embark on an incredible journey, ju...