canaveral, florida, watching this historic moment. rachel? reporter: the crew of ax-1 successfully docked at the international space station saturday morning, following a 20-hour journey. now, this was a first of its kind mission. that s because all of the astronauts onboard were private astronauts. and they were greeted once they boarded the international space station by the entire crew of expedition 67, which included three nasa astronauts, a european astronaut, as well as three russian cosmonauts. larry connors, the pilot of ax-1 had some words about historic nature of this mission. take a listen. we re here to experience this, but we understand that there s a responsibility. and the responsibility is for this first civilian crew to get it right. and that s what we re fully committed to with the support of everybody here at the iss and on the ground. so it s going to be a busy week
reporter: the crew of ax-1 successfully docked at the international space station saturday morning following a 20-hour journey. now, this was a first of its kind mission. that s because all of the astronauts on board were private astronauts, and they were greeted once they boarded the international space station by the entire crew of expedition 67, which included three nasa astronauts, a european astronaut, as well as three russian cosmonauts. larry connors, the pilot of ax-1, had some words about the historic nature of this mission. take a listen. we re here to experience this, but we understand there s a responsibility and the responsibility is for this first civilian crew to get it right. and that s what we re fully committed to with the support of everybody here at the iss and on the ground. so it s going to be a busy week of research for us and i m sure it s going to fly by.
spaceship endeavor for about 19 hours. we heard from the crew a few minutes ago about their journey. take a listen. good morning, day, evening, or night, earth. this is the good ship endeavor on our way to the international space station. we all have trouble not floating. we re getting used to zero g and everything that entails and that it presented bus we re getting used to it. by the time we get to the spacing station, we should be ready to rock. reporter: christi and boris, larry connors, who is one of the paying passengers on board, also the pilot of the spacecraft, but i want to point out the spacecraft is flown autonomously. he said he tried to eat a muffin and it didn t go exactly as planned. they re trying to get used to
another giant leap. the first-ever all-private astronaut crew arriving earlier today at the international space station. rachel crane is near cape canaveral, florida, watching this history-making mission. rachel? reporter: jessica, the crew of ax1 successfully docked at the international space station around 8:30 a.m. eastern time this morning, and this was a first of its kind mission because all astronauts on board spacecraft endeavor were private astronauts. now they were greeted during a welcome ceremony by expedition 67 which included a few nasa astronauts, a european astronaut, as well as three russian cosmonauts. and pilot of ax1, larry connors, he had some words about the historic nature of this mission. take a listen. we re here to experience this, but we understand there s a responsibility, and the responsibility is for this first civilian crew to get it right.