coming up, acxiom preparing for lunch.e will talk about tomorrow's mission and what it means to -- what it means for the future of space travel, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: acxiom and spacex are on track to launch the first all private crew to the space station on friday. the first crew scheduled to take off in the morning docking at the iss on saturday. spacex is providing the capsule for the crew but the texas startup acxiom has brought this all together. cam got far he enjoins me now. thank you for joining us. i'm sure you are excited about the next 24 hours. you say that this is the first all private into the iss, but the russians have been bringing civilians up there for a pretty penny. what makes this different? kam: this is the first american all private astronauts to the international space station. and you know, we are so delighted that we are able to make this happen. and bring this, you know, altogether. emily: how much it of a market could it be? kam: i think the market is actually growing quite a bit. th

thanks to acxiom for making this a dream come true. thanks to nasa. thanks to all of the crew. we are here to experience this but we understand there is a responsibility and that is for this first civilian crew to get it right. that is what we are fully committed to with the support of everybody here at the iss and on the ground. it will be a busy week of research for us. now i would like to turn it over to my friend. >> i will take the opportunity to say a few words in hebrew on the international space station. [speaking hebrew] >> i would like to thank our hosts here at the iss for the warm welcome. it was really great to be looking up through the closed hatch and see you guys making our way to us then come on board. to be so warmly greeted by all of you was great. thanks a lot. i look forward to spending the next few days. it is amazing to be here. it is hard to find the words. it has been an amazing journey. i'm not just talking about the last 24 hours, everything that got us here has been amazing. thanks to mike and all of the folks that acxiom for hatching this plan and g

iss, arriving there, came about 21 hours after the four strong team representing a company called acxiomgive a bit of an answer they can remove, can't we? they are in space. before being greeted by the team already there at the international space station. i'm sure we will see some more pictures from that over the next few days. from space to sport, let's head to the sports centre. good afternoon. let's start with a huge win for everton, they've with a 1—0 victory over manchester united. anthony gordon's first half strike put frank lampard's side ahead and they held on, sending them four points clear of the relegation zone. a late cristiano ronaldo effort almost brought united level, pickford. the game was low on quality. manchester united have been dealt a blow for the top four hopes. the reali is blow for the top four hopes. the reality is clear, _ blow for the top four hopes. tue: reality is clear, you blow for the top four hopes. tte: reality is clear, you can blow for the top four hopes. "tt9 reality is clear, you can hear blow for the top four hopes. tt9 reality is clear, you can h

the trip was put together by acxiom, a private startup.ers on this trip include a former ness astronaut. he will command the mission with three paying customers. they are slated to take off from kennedy space center in florida on wednesday. one day. who would do it? are you raising your hand? sandhya: [laughter] i did not. i think is cool, but i don't think i have the courage to go up in space. i love skydiving, years ago, when i was young. dan: i wouldn't the among the first to do it. once i felt like they have got the safety down, and maybe they do, i would love to do it. fascinating. but i would be so nervous if it hadn't been tried and tested. kristen: if you go in later rounds, they won't be making that cool video of you walking. dan: i don't want to go. i am afraid some people here would leave me there. kristen: they can't kick you out. dan: we have a winner in the warriors' season-long campaign to choose a signature food item at chase center. the chicken and waffle cone beat seven other items. doesn't it look good? it wins the chase

godspeed acxiom one. rob: a new chapter in manned spaceflight. first time that in all private crew went into space on a nongovernment spacecraft. the commander is a former nasa astronaut who spoke before the flight. >> it has been a real privilege to work and train alongside these three remarkable gentlemen. i can say with zero hesitation that we are ready to fly. >> who are these guys? an american, canadian, and israeli and they obviously have a lot of money. they are paying close to $55 million each for more than a week in space and a trip to the international space station. >> axiom is a space tourist company and they basically have private citizens who paid their way to go up. >> he runs the columbia space center. is it fair to call them astronauts? >> i think so. the standard definition of astronaut is you have to make it to a certain height. rob: that would be 50 miles. the international space station is over 250 miles up, so they would qualify. each visitor would have a set of experiments to run, so that is one reason why they preferred to