gary tuckman, our cnn correspondent. now let's go to texas.enior operations psychologist with the nasa behavioral health and performance group. he and dr. holland are a mass of the team of experts who went to chile to assess the miners. they join us from houston, texas. dr. holland, what has nasa been providing for this situation? >> basically, larry, when we went down there from a psychological point of view, we first of all wanted to focus on the adjustment of the attitudes from short-term expectations of coming up out of the mine to a more longer term view of adjusting to the confinement and the families adjusting to the long-term separation as well. we also wanted them to understand about the rhythms and importance of regularity to their daily life and schedule. we understand what the reunion may be like when they come home. i think the authorities have done an excellent job, including the psychological job there for preparing the individual miners and their families. >> larry: will these men face anything similar to what an astronaut face

let's check in with gary tuckman, our cnn correspondent. scene covering this incredible operation. how come, gary, last night when we spoke you thought it might take until thursday night or friday? how did it speed up? >> reporter: it's funny, larry, talk 24 hours ago it was the beginning of the process, we were all nervous because we weren't sure, 100% sure, this would work and also told it would likely take 33 to 36 hours. but what happened was this, first of all, it's a great, amazing story. we're exuberant. >> the president pinera. let's listen to president pinera. we'll come back to you. >> translator: he gave us words of encouragement and he was the last one to leave the mine who was like a foreman who respects and the ones that worked with him and also would like to thank the families of all of the miners who kept their faith, their unwavering faith, the faith that moved mountains. the rescue workers that gave themselves completely to ministers and so many others that just gave themselves in body and soul, and they gave everything th

joining us live is gary tuckman. this has come to a sudden standstill.aying all inin attention to one of the wheels what is going on? do you know? >> reporter: pit stop is a good analogy. i will call it a tune-up. after 68 days, they want to make sure that this fenix capsule is in good shape. so far it has done the job. five miners have come up. there are still 28 left. the next person will be coming up, a 30-year-old man by the name of osman araya. he has four children and a wife who will be very eager to see him. that's where they get an extended chance to talk to their families. they are give an couple of hours to do that. they are mandated to take a helicopter ride to do that. what they are doing, they are turning off all the lights in the area. it is a safety measure for the pilots and they are flying the miners to a hospital about a half an hour away from here. sit mandated that they get treatment. very happy with how things are going. >> gary tuckman there at the mine. clearly we are having some audio issues there. we will attempt to correct those

let's bring in gary tuckman on this. he is watching all of this unfold from a very different vantage point. gary, what's going on where you are? >> reporter: well, colleen, it has been an amazing magical evening watching these miners come up from the surface. right behind us, we're about 600 meters from the site of where these rescues are taking place. we now have three down. 30 to go. at this rate it will take about 36 hours. so it will continue into thursday, maybe friday morning. the fact is the most significant fact. when that first miner came up, it proved this capsule could successfully carry a human being from below the ground. way below the ground. they've been there 68 days and successfully going up to his family. so while it was a great thrill for his family and his friends to have him back, it told the other relatives and friends that they would likely be carried successfully aboard the fenix. that's what's happening. what is interesting about the situation is we are the closest civilians from the site. it has

we'll be back with gary tuckman and others. a quick break right now as our live coverage continues.

. >> we're going back to gary tuckman. the speed which the canister, the evfenix is accelerating. e'll have the scene of this remarkable conclusion. gary, give us the update. you can see the cable flying through the pulley, foot by foot, getting the fenix closer to the surface. what is going on? >> reporter: by my estimate, based upon being here for the entire day is 55 minutes after the hour we will see that rocket-looking device up, up, and the 33rd and final miner, and these miners are world-record holders, no one ever survived this long underground, 68, 69 days depending on the order they came out, no one's ever been underground for ten weeks but these men were. we'll come to an incredibly happy conclusion. you'll hear applause, celebration, not only here in the desert in chile but all over the world. incredible how people all over the world have been watching that not just cnn television ratings but here in chile, in south america, absolutely incredible because it's very rare that we have a hard news, breaking story that's also a good news story. yes, we do good news stories.