we saw nasa astronaut doug hurley exiting from the capsule. my have been hard to see on your screen. we got a thumbs up, indicating things are going well. excuse me. i mixed up my positions. those words were from doug. we had bob who just came out first. >> bob behnken out of the capsule now. he is making his way to the medical area. now, they are going to work to get doug hurley out next. >> i think i saw a smile on bob's face. >> thumbs up all the way. they have been giving us regular status updates from inside the capsule. they have been feeling really good. we are standing by for our spacecraft commander doug hurley to make his way out into the fresh air for the first time in 64 days. all right. they are getting set up. we should see spacecraft commander doug hurley making his way out of the capsule.

fromw doug hurley exiting the capsule. it might have been hard to see on your screen, but we got a thumbs up indicating things are going well. excuse me, i mixed up my positions. those words are from doug and we had bob that came out first. >> the joint operation commander from this mission is out of the capsule now. he is making his way over to the medical area. now they will work to get doug hurley out next. i like that smile on bob's face. >> he was a thumbs up all the way. they have been giving us regular status updates from inside the capsule. now we are standing by for our spacecraft commander doug hurley , to make his way out into the fresh air for the first time in 64 days. >> they are getting set up and we should see the commander making his way out of the capsule. it looks like we got him out. got him seated. >> shortly after the astronauts emerged from the at so nasa and spacex officials held a news conference to review the flight and look ahead to future missions. >> hello and welcome to nasa space press confer

doug hurley was 011 astronauts, aren't they?e very last space shuttle flight was on the very last space shuttle flight back in 2011. they've both been veterans of a number of mentions tell macro missions. bob benhken took part in four spacewalks, just in this mission alone when they were up in space for two months, helping to replace some old batteries that a space station needed. fresh patties tell macro batteries to lasted well into the future. so they were very well trained and experienced, just what you wanted, which was a test flight, the first time this test flight has taken humans to and from space. they we re very taken humans to and from space. they were very well—trained, knew what to expect and were prepared for anything that might have gone wrong. it looks like it's been a very successful mission from beginning to end. libby, just remind viewers who may have joined us, end. libby, just remind viewers who may havejoined us, why end. libby, just remind viewers who may have joined us, why is this so significant? there re

there on your screen, we sauna say astronaut doug hurley egressing or exiting from the capsule. might have been hard to see on your screen there but we got a thumbs up, indicating that things are going well. so excuse me. i mixed up my positions there. those words were from doug and we had bob that just came out first. >> bob behnken the pilot, joint operations commander from this mission out of the capsule now. he's making his way over to the medical area and now they're going to work to get doug hurley out next. >> i think i saw a smile on bob's face. >> he was a thumbs up all theome regular status updates from inside the capsule. they've been feeling really good and so now we're just standing by for our spacecraft commander, doug hurley, to make his way out into the fresh air for the first time in 64 days. >> all right. so they're getting set up and we should see spacecraft commander doug hurley making his way out of the capsule and looks like we've got him out. we've got him seated. >> and there we go, another thumbs up. we've got some applause here. [ applause ] >> and as y

we saw nasa astronaut doug hurley exiting from the capsule. my have been hard to see on your screen. we got a thumbs up, indicating things are going well. excuse me. i mixed up my positions. those words were from doug. we had bob who just came out first. >> bob behnken out of the capsule now. he is making his way to the medical area. now, they are going to work to get doug hurley out next. >> i think i saw a smile on bob's face. >> thumbs up all the way. us regulareen giving status updates from inside the capsule. they have been feeling really good. we are standing by for our spacecraft commander doug hurley to make his way out into the fresh air for the first time in 64 days. all right. they are getting set up. we should see spacecraft commander doug hurley making his way out of the capsule. looks like we have got him out. we have got him seated. there we go. another thumbs up. [applause] we have got some applause here. >> as you can see in mission control, a standing ovation for a job done all around. >> our crewmembers are safely back home

doug hurley and bob behnken will be making history. we welcome viewers from around the world.ou're watching bbc news. let's take a look at the live pictures from nasa. this is the craft which will be splashing down in the gulf of mexico. we can see the parachutes have already come out to slow the descent of the aircraft, rather of the seven seater vehicle which has got two astronauts on it at the moment, doug hurley and bob behnken. remember, this is the first time in more than a0 years since the end of the apollo programme that we have seen a splashdown. 0ur science correspondent jonathan amos joins me from cambridge. we can also talk to libbyjackson, who is human exploration programme manager at the uk space agency. libby, a slightly scary moment?” manager at the uk space agency. libby, a slightly scary moment? i am watching the pictures right now, it's a beautiful moment. we haven't seen it's a beautiful moment. we haven't seen since 1975. i have never seen it live. it is great to see all four parachutes out and working. that is a great sign. looking forward to seeing the c

doug hurley and bob behnken. let's listen in again to see what else they are saying.else they are saying. we want to keep all crew members safe as we prepare the side hatch for opening in order to progress. looks like limits are dropping and looking pretty good. we are still continuing with the purge just to be extra sure. so, there you are, libby, a purge, so it is fumes and maybe what you were saying about event. yes, they said that limits we re event. yes, they said that limits were going in the right direction, that was mission control there, they are monitoring it and seeing the numbers go down and they will wait until it is all gone before opening the hatch, so they are on top of it, they are following these things and just taking their time and making sure it is safe. all the aspects, jonathan, i suppose that either point at which, for a commercial space programme, these are the practical difficulties, aren't they? because when you talk about commercial operations, you want efficiency, you want speed, you want to be able to repeat everything the same way every

in the end the dragon made it to shore of the water and we have our 1st few an astronaut's doug hurley and bob behnken emerged onto our planet. with a huge thumbs up and an optimistic message for the u.s. and the. moment just. given all that they're going to happen here again on the left doug hurley on the right mission accomplished by 6 a nasa who've pioneered public private partnerships in out of space. and i think we're both super super proud to have been just a small part of the team accomplished for those space flights back to the florida coast and bringing that capability back to america it's also a personal triumph a spy 6 found in a lawn musk public controversies had begun to overshadow his recent business successes. i'm not very religious but i prayed for this one. very few but here it is this. space x.'s next mission is planned for september and the firm is hoping it will launch space tourists into orbit next year. separation 4 35 pm pacific its goal dominating a new age of commercial space travel nationals one in which competition between the companies creates innovation and

introducing nasa astronaut doug hurley.applause] >> it is a life-changing process in so many ways. space, it is overwhelming and some respects. station, the rumbling, the shaking, the acceleration. when the engines shut off and you go from, in the case of the g'stle, from 3 g's to 0 and things just start floating. i remember distinctly thinking what just happened? to see a rocket launch in person is a pretty emotional event. i remember the first time i saw a shuttle launch and it was amazing. and then why saw a launch with that is quite the emotional experience. my name is doug hurley and i am the spacecraft commander for the demo 2 mission to the international space station. ♪ we are doing the first crude flight for nasa and spacex, so this is the test flight to prove end to and from lunch to docking to iss operations and then entry dissent and landing. hoursl wake up about six prior to lunch, you eat excess, do a medical check, you start to get your comfort garments on, get a weather brief, and you go get suited up, and i

now they will work to get doug hurley out next. i like that smile on bob's face. >> he was a thumbs up all the way. they have been giving us regular status updates from inside the capsule. now we are standing by for our spacecraft commander doug hurley , to make his way out into the fresh air for the first time in 64 days. >> they are getting set up and we should see the commander making his way out of the officials held a news conference to review the life and look ahead -- the flight and look ahead to future missions. >> there we go, another

astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken boarded the falcon 9 rocket and took off to the international space station it was significant for 2 reasons not since 2011 had the united states launched a spacecraft carrying astronauts after the retirement of the space shuttle u.s. astronauts had been relying on russian ships to get to the international space station. it was also the 1st mission to the i s s with a privately built spacecraft the falcon 9 rocket a product of the space x. company built in collaboration with nasa. the unable to fly a 1st flight of a vehicle as a test pilot is is it once in a generational type of opportunity so obviously i'm very thankful for it. once the ship reached low orbit successfully the 1st real test was docking with the international space station a few tense minutes passed before the 2 were safely on board. it was then time to get to work but the astronauts completing multiple spacewalks to complete essential maintenance and safety checks of the space station. it really is something that you're aware that you are on the very edge of the space station so

then it will be time for bob behnken and doug hurley to get a little shut-eye. siva: they will have a chance to have a meal aboard dragon. they have got plenty of food and water on board the spacecraft of course for the expected trip of this mission, which would have them landing tomorrow. they really have meals ready to eat on board the dragon. we actually have a question here from the denver og. how many g's to the experience on entry? g's here referring to the gravitational force they will experience from the reentry forces. took a look at the data earlier from the demo one mission. as well as some of our simulations and we are expecting the crew to experience somewhere around 4 to 5 g's during reentry. a lot of that will happen when the chutes deploy. on the way up, the experience on the order of 3 to 4 g's. during falcon 9's ascent. nothing too far out of family for the crewmembers. leah: this view of crew dragon is from the international space station. these cameras can be controlled by mission control houston. joint operations with mission control houston

robot bank in an douglas hurley left for the international space station 2 months ago the dragon capsule endeavor launched on a falcon 9 rocket both of which were supplied by iran musk's space x. it's the 1st time the astronauts have successfully launched into low earth orbit on a commercial spacecraft lamie thompson is a science journalist who joins us now from orlando by skype but we're just looking at live pictures from the gulf of mexico where the crew has splashed down in the sea as he was saying i'm not sure if you can see what's happening but can you take us through. what the crew is coming aboard the ship now there in their little capsule yes ok so we had a successful splashdown to 48 this afternoon and the boats have been working to actually bring the capsule onboard the recovery vessel so that's what you're seeing right now they're wasting it up on there with the hydraulic lift and then after that happens one of the flight surgeons is going to check on bob and doug and they they actually open the hatch themselves so they will open that flight surgeons will check on them they'll

doug hurley, fast, bumpy and hot. >> we're not going to stand right now.t's not pleasant standing for a fe hours after you get back. >> reporter: peak heat was 3,500 degrees. the space craft traveling from 17,000 miles per hour in orbit to just 15 miles per hour before splashing down in the gulf of mexico. >> welcome back to planet earth. thanks for flying spacex. >> reporter: the scorched capsule hoisted above a recovery ship as lobe locals raced in their own boats to get a view. >> maybe next time we shouldn't announce our landing zone. >> reporter: hurley revealing how he and behnken passed the time during the half hour waiting to be pulled from the capsule in the gulf. >> five hours ago we were in a spaceship bobbing around making prank satellite phone calls. it was kind of fun, by the way. >> reporter: hurley turning toward spacex owner elon musk. >> you can send him the bill for the sat phone. >> reporter: nasa and spacex are planning their next launch that spring. the pilot will be megan mcarthur. k kenneth, mona? >>> coming up a salmonella outbreak

and we came home safely to our families. >> reporter: time for that beer hurley talked about. we can all toast to that. >>> it all started out as a simple request from a customer. now a newspaper carrier has found a whole new mission in life. steve hartman found his story on the road. >> reporter: long before social distancing, greg daily was already keeping his customers at arm's length. in fact, to those on his paper route in central new jersey, greg has never been anything more than a blur past their driveway, but as we first reported in april, all that changed when one elderly customer asked him a simple favor. could he please pull in and throw the paper closer to the garage? >> it hit me that if she can't get the paper at the sidewalk, which is 20 feet from the house in this pandemic, how is she going to get the things that s needs? so a couple of days later i just decided, you know what? i'm going to put this note out. name is greg daily and i deliver your newspaper every morning, which was news to most people. i would like to offer my services free of charge to anyone w

reach temperatures of nearly 2000 degrees as it streaked through earth's atmosphere astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken spent 2 months aboard the international space station the 1st astronauts launch from u.s. soil since 2011 and it's the 1st water landing carried out by nasa since 1985 as 975 rather. socially probs the water and let's go straight to keith cowing in washington he's the editor of the space news web site nasa watch dot com and also happens to be a former nasa employee good to see you again keith so we were all watching the splash down landing just a short time ago what did you make of it well it was sort of like nature will reduce when i was a little kid in the sixty's but one word you can play with this is. it was for us. well we have mentioned that this splashdown technique is a rather old fashioned way of bringing a space crew back to earth why did nasa decide to introduce this method for this landing. well it's interesting because there's another spacecraft that will use one which can land on the land so who's in the russians have been living on land or half a century

. >> for the first time in two months, nasa astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley are on some sort of ground. we cannot call it solid ground because it is a ship. it is the first time they are not in space on a rocket or bobbing in the ocean. now, they are going to start translating it forward. dragon is going to move into the hangar section underneath the helipad and up to the recovery platform we saw a little bit earlier. the spacecraft technicians will work to open up the hatch. it is a manual process with a couple of different attachments you have to engage for the hatch can be opened. they will get it opened. will be the first one to check in on bob and doug. see if they are ready to move. we will start assisting them out of the capsule and into the medical facility on the boat. >> at this point, the recovery team is doing final securing of the capsule in preparation to actually move the recovery nest closer to the interior of the ship. it will be in a little bit of a covered deck. we saw the camera view earlier looking straight out from the center of the boat. once dragon is sec

benchgen and hurley became the first astronauts to leave u.s.nasa retired the shuttle fleet in 2011. >> the last of >> reporter: not since 1975 have american astronauts returned to earth on water. >> right on time, and just about right on target. >> reporter: like everything about space travel, splashdowns involve risk. you like bob and doug. you want them to come back in one piece. >> yes. >> reporter: we asked spacex founder elon musk about the pressure of returning both astronauts safely. >> i really kind of have to mentally block it, because otherwise it would be emotionally impossible to deal with. >> reporter: one minor worry: after two months in space, bobbing around in the water could make the crew seasick. >> there's a pretty good likelihood we may see breakfast twice on that particular day. >> the flag's all yours. >> repoer ceremony today, the space shuttle commander handed doug hurley this american flag. hurley left it here as pilot of the last shuttle flight in 2011. >> i'm very proud to return this flag home. >> reporter: he's come

hurley and behnken went to sleep. >> rise and shine, daddy. we love you. >> their young sons woke them up this morning. >> don't worry, you can sleep in tomorrow. >> they hurry. their fiery plummet into earth's atmosphere reached temperatures of 3500 degrees. they kept falling, now at 350 miles per hour. two sets of open parachutes slowed down the capsule, this two month mission was nearly flawless. spacex had aced its final test flight. america's back in the space-launching business. >> splashdown. >> mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. >> garrett: today this warning: america's coronavirus crisis has entered a new phase and a cbs news battleground poll shows president trump's handling of the outbreak is handicapping him in georgia and north carolina as it appears to be nationwide. a large number of voters according to our poll also think presumptive democratic nominee joe biden would do a better job of handling the virus. this as coronavirus deaths rise in 32 states. lilia luciano has the latest. >> coronavirus tonight still out of control. a

hurley and behnken went to sleep. >> rise and shine daddy. we love you. >> their young sons woke them up this morning. >> don't worry, you can sleep in tomorrow. >> they hurry. their fiery plummet into earth's atmosphere reached temperatures of 3500 degrees. they kept falling, now at 350 miles per hour. two sets of open parachutes slowed down the capsule, this two month mission was nearly flawless. spacex had aced its final test flight. america's back in the space-launching business. >> splashdown. >> mark strassmann, cbs news, atlanta. blz today-- . >> garrett: today this warning, america's coronavirus has crisis entered a new phase and a cbs news battleground poll shows president trump's handling of the outbreak is handi capping him in georgia and north carolina as it appears to be nationwide. a a large number of voters according to our poll also thinr of handling the virus. this as coronavirus deaths rise in 32 states. lilia luciano has the latest. >> coronavirus tonight still out of control. and in many places so are the crowds. like this

dragon endeavor. >> reporter: the day starting on a sweet note from the churn of astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken. >> we love you, daddy. we can't wait to see you. >> reporter: the astronauts will be reunited with their families in houston with a big welcome home party at ellington air force base. this was technically a test mission, so now nasa and spacex will be looking at the drag gone and t and the data and apply what they learn to the next full mission next month. gio benitez, abc news at the johnson space center in houston. >> definitely an adventure, right? >> right. how many years since the last splash down? >> it was a lot. >> gill says 45. >> yeah, guess who was old enough to -- i don't remember it, but i was old enough to be there. i don't, thankfully. it is amazing in 45 years we haven't come up with something better? john. i don't understa i don't understand that either. but there are smarter people than me out there. welcome to monday. we'll look from the east bay hills camera and you can see the nearly full moonshining on the bay. that is gorgeous. some clouds are t

. >> robert bingen and douglas hurley are on their way back to earth to make a rare splashdown.are keeping watch on the hurricane and expect landing off the coast of pensacola. they have been at the international space station since may. hurley says they're ready both mentally and physically. >> the ground teams are fully aware of the challenges of the water landing, what it does to the human body. we'll just take it from there. we've exercised very hard while we've been up here. >> the landing is expected sometime tomorrow afternoon. it will be the first splashdown for astronauts in 45 years. >> and we wish them the best of luck. that's it for abc 7 and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies geico ise geo g new and current customers the credit lasts your full policy term. the geico giveback. helping riders focus on the road ahead. the geico giveback. ♪ ♪ tracy sellers: hey everybody, welcome to "california bountiful." i'm your host, tracy sellers

doug hurley used the station's robotic arm from the inside. when they weren't focusing on the outside of the station, they continued science and research inside the orbiting laboratory. as we mentioned, they also exercised the mandatory two hours each day. many of you have seen some of the incredible pictures they took of our home planet. this is one beautiful view of the sun glint off the ocean. there is one we have from comet neowise in july. if you had the opportunity to see that from the ground, our astronauts had a great shot from the international space station. siva: they had some cool opportunities, where sharing a lot of those photos we are share photos on twitter. earlier this morning, as they prepared for undocking, they had more to do in packing cargo into the dragon spacecraft. underneath their seats, they have room for powered cargo. they are bringing home about 150 kilograms, 330 pounds of cargo. most of that is sampling hardware, about 94 kilograms of it is science that is happening aboard the station asian. dragon has the abil

behnken and hurley will be flown to houston after check-ups. the mission marks the first time a private company has launched people into orbit, and it is also the first time nasa astronauts have lifted off from the u.s. in nearly a decade. for more onhe space-x mission and other national and internatioal news, visit www.pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: there are still ma questions over if and how school districts across the country might be able to welco students back to classrooms this fall. many are contemplating teaching remotely. at the same time, the american academy of pediatrics "strongly advocates" for the "goal of having students physically present in school." one coalition in california believes they can offer a solution. newshour weekend's christopher booker has more. >> reporter: as every parent america knows, there are no easy answers when it comes to whether their children can or should retu tschool in just a few weeks. even if schools are lowed to openthe jority of america's schools will only be able to ft an estimated 60% of th

. >> reporter: astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley inside the spacex dragon endeavour for this 19-hour journey to earth, orbiting the planet at a mind-blowing 17,000 miles per hour before entering the atmosphere at 2:36 p.m. eastern. the extreme heat cutting off all communications between the dragon and earth for four tense minutes. >> hoping and praying that everything is going well. and, look, we just made history. the united states of america once again has a human space flight program. >> reporter: at 2:40 p.m. the astronauts signal they're okay. four minutes later, those chutes deploy. dragon ultimately slowing down to just 15 miles per hour, splashing down in the gulf of mexico. >> welcome back to planet earth. and thanks for flying spacex. >> reporter: the dragon avoiding tropical storm isaias in the atlantic. astronaut doug hurley with the first words from inside the it's truly our honor and privilege. >> reporter: a recovery boat loading up the dragon. the heat shield underneath it charred by that re-entry -- 3,500 degrees fahrenheit. locals racing in their own boats to ge

announcer: the spacex crew dragon capsule with astronauts douglas hurley and robert bacon is scheduled to splash down this afternoon in the gulf of mexico. yesterday, the crew held a farewell ceremony before undoc king from the international space station. here's the short ceremony courtesy of nasa tv. >> station, this is used in, are you ready for the event? houston, this is the international space station, we are ready for the event. readyy that, we are also to send over to you. welcome aboard to the international space station and the crew of expedition 63. it's an exciting day for us all twowe bid farewell to our friends and colleagues as they complete the journey of this amazing test mission. it was roughly two months ago when we were right at this very hatch and greeted them aboard and we changed from a crew of three to a crew of live and we executed two months of fantastic space missions that we are very a we are very happy to have them be part of that. we are a little sad to see them go, but very excited for what it means to our international space program to add this capabilit

inside, nasa's bob behnken and doug hurley are at the controls.tled through the earth's atmosphere, a heat shield protected them as temperatures reached up to 2,000 degrees celsius. then, at last, a glimpse from the earth. we are visual on four chutes out. parachutes slow the rapid descent before splashdown. splashdown. this move to the commercial sector marks a major change. with the spacex reusable rockets and capsules, the cost of space flight is coming down. spacex has done the whole thing, so they can launch, they can dock, they can orbit the earth in a spacecraft and they can return to earth. and if you can do that safely, then anybody who chooses to — and if the company, in this case spacex — accepts their money, then anybody can pay to send somebody into space. racing to the scene, the recovery vessel. local boats have come to take a look, too. the scorched capsule is hoisted on board. there's a slight delay as noxious fumes from the landing are cleared. the hatch is now open. thank you for doing the most difficult parts and the most impor

just two days ago doug hurley , and operations commander splashed down in the gulf of mexico after 64 days in space. after 64 days in space. in space. completing the first crewed

in the gulf of mexico the world of private space flight is on with astronauts bob behnken and dog hurley arriving back on earth after 2 months in orbit how they doing what they do here's our trinity charges. that the landmark test flight with held a success after 2 nasa astronauts returned to earth on sunday making it the 1st commercially built and operated spacecraft to cure human q and from orbit as. you can see on your screen we have visual confirmation but less than a day after departing from the international space station and 2 months after blasting off from florida test pilots doug hurley and bob behnken rode the space straggling capsule back to earth dragon and ever has returned home bob and doug completed over 110 hours of science utilization research technology development work that will help them scrape laboratory that we have there capsule parachuting into the calm waters of the gulf of mexico the 1st class down by u.s. astronauts in 45 years it was just a beautiful day lots of people out maybe boating fishing and then saw the capsule and kind of came in and we have some work

doug hurley and operations commander splashed down in the gulf of mexico after 64 days in space. in space. completing the first crewed flight of the spacex crew dragon. their mission was to test the capabilities of the knew commercial space vehicle for regular crew transportation to the international space station, but they contributed a whole lot more than that on their mission, during their 62 days aboard station they dedicated more than 100 hours to science investigation and

doug hurley and operations commander splashed down in the gulf of mexico after 64 days in space. in space. completing the first crewed flight of the spacex crew dragon. their mission was to test the capabilities of the knew commercial space vehicle for regular crew transportation to the international space station, but they contributed a whole lot more than that on their mission, during their 62 days aboard station they dedicated more than 100 hours to science investigation and worked with the competition 63 crew to upgrade the stations power system on four space walks. today is the first opportunity after splash down to ask questions to bob and doug, we'll be taking questions on our phone bridge as well as associate media platforms if you are on the phone press star 1 to ask add yourself toll queue. we would like to share some of the messages around the world welcoming bob and doug back to planet earth. >> splash down. >> welcome back too planet earth and thanks for flying spacex. >> yeah. ♪ music playing >> one, two, three, four. ♪ music playing >> live from india, #launchameri

and -- dougb hurley hurley and bob behnken. these are two incredibly wonderful humans. we affectionately call them our space dad's here at spacex. it is an honor to be able to fly them. doug hurley was the pilot of the final space shuttle mission, s ts135, back in 2011. when i heard he was assigned to becausesion, i cried just having the opportunity to return the pilot of that final mission to the space station in this capacity was, is, so cool. i grew up following this mission. since the moment we started training for here in hawthorne. >> we know that they are ready. they have done all of their suit checkouts, everything to get themselves to this point, and once we begin these events, they are going to keep a very close, again, the crew is always in the loop to step in, but dragon theseto be executing maneuvers and separation events automatically via a preprogrammed timeline. we are continuing to count down. we will have our first maneuver in a little under 13 minutes or a little over 15 minutes from the claw separation. that clock connecting the service module to the

now, the behnkens and hurleys have two boys about the same age. a mascot, if you will kind of giving them an indicator of whether they were in gravity or no gravity. now that they're back down on earth and tremor has gone for this ride for two months, they're going to share him kind of like the stanley cup the behnkens get him for awhile, then the hurleys get him for awhile then we'll see if it ends up in a museum >> and the guys are best friends too. do they still want to hang out or need some space >> reporter: you know, i got to tell you -- >> get it? >> reporter: i like that that was cool. as a father of daughters, i think it's super cool that their wives are also astronauts, just as accomplished, and they're on their way up eventually. >> i love that phone call. honey, i'm home. pretty cool. >> thank you that was a mom joke. >> it really was super dorky. you know who would appreciate it al somewhere al was smiling right, al? >> i was very impressed. very impressed you showed great mom joke skills i like that. >> i channelled my inner roker >>

will listen now into the communications from spacex mission control to the astronauts bankin and hurleyabout to splash down. >> splash down. [cheers and applause] >> as you can see on your screen we have visual confirmation of flash -- splash down. >> splash down and cut downs. >> nasa astronauts bob and doug. >> nasa teams, welcome back to planet earth and thanks for supplying spacex. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] the crew dragon and endeavor. thank you, everybody. >> we are into section 4 decimal 800. >> thanks for those words, doug, and we copy that you are into four decimal 00. >> great news all around there. leland: astronauts that are now there inside the capsule begin running their checklist and what you're watching is the two whatt from the go navigator which is the recovery ship and they will go out and check capsule and in the next 40 or so minutes the capsule and the recovery ship will meet and they will winch the capsule back aboard, live pictures now from inside the crew dragon capsule so you can see hurley and bankin running checklist before they open the hatch. bri

cap show are on track to land off florida in the coming hours astronauts doug hurley and bob behnken have undocks to end it to mount the mission on board the international space station as marks a new era for commercial spaceflight 9 years after nasa retired its space shuttle fleet the pair's arrival will mark the 1st sea landing for u.s. astronauts and 45 years they're aiming for the gulf of mexico just off the florida panhandle david brown is an astrophysicist at warwick university he says the mission will usher in a new era of more competitive and cheapest space travel i think. with this mission demonstrating that there is a relationship that can work between government agencies like nasa and commercial companies like space x. you really have the potential to open up space to a new market and to a. to a wider audience i think with any kind of competition in commercial level you get that driving down of costs space x. is just the 1st company to do this and nasa have ongoing contract with boeing and to also provide a space capsule for a similar purpose to take crew to the space stat

bon behnken and doug hurley are back from the international space station. this is the first crew misch -- this is a big moment. let's listen in. as we watch this, i want to bring in c business and innovation, rachel crain. and so, rachel, this has been a moment we've all been watching the past hour or sore since the splashdown. and here we go. the capsule is open. they so close from being back officially on american soil. >> that's right. we've been waiting for this moment since launch, i have to say. this is a moment that spacex, nasa and enthusiasts around the world having waiting for, that this mission was success. it loose as though the splashdown has gone without a hitch. now, what you are seeing right now, thinks completely normal. the flight surgeon was expected to interinto the captionle to check -- they were going to have stretchers on board the boat, and on hans as they exit. being in space forhs it's prettr body as a water landing. a lot of people have a heart time, even with a land landing. you know, they have to really truly have their say sea