didn t have close to have an accident and anything at all suspicious, we really take a hard look at it. there are things we can make it more pleasant in the future and maybe the food can be improved and bathroom can be improved. really focus on the safety concerns and make sure that there wasn t anything that went wrong that shouldn t have gone wrong and if there was, there s always a way to fix it so that it won t go wrong in the future. leroy, talk us through the feeling that these civilian astronauts, i mean, the civilians who flew must be feeling as that hatch door is finally opened. what is it for you as an astronaut that runs through your mind? well, of course, it s excitement, it s euphoria, it s a feeling of mission accomplished, and then you get up. then you sit up or stand up and get out of the vehicle and boy, are you dizzy and that could be provocative, make you feel nauseous, make you feel unsteady. the excitement, the adrenaline
start to finish here. jon: you are watching live coverage of the return to earth of the spacex inspiration four capsule. we re listening to mission control audio. they are about to open the side hatch. [cheers and applause] you can see the side hatch is now officially open, and some exciting waves from the crew. they are putting on some protection along the hatch door, while they egress the vehicle here.
just float them right behind me. and as i m letting go you ever have that feeling, you do don t know what s wrong, as i let go, the groceries flashed to the ground. so be really careful when you wake up tomorrow that you don t fry to float out of bed, and don t think that you re going to be able to float stuff like you did in space. gravity took over and it can make a mess. how long did it take you for reality to set back in once you were back on earth? i think the reality of being in space has never set in for me. it was such an extraordinary experience that you never that stays with you forever. i just want to point out, they just opened the hatch door right there. so we just want to walk our viewers who may just now be joining us and tell them what s going on. go ahead, mike. yeah, i was able to walk pretty much right away. you know, we got checked out by the docs and we were able to do a walkaround of the spaceship. that was the thing you wanted
it more pleasant in the future. maybe the food can be improved or the bathroom can be improved, things like that, but you focus on the safety concerns and make sure that there wasn t anything that went wrong that shouldn t have gone wrong. and if there was, that there s always a way to fix it so it won t go wrong in the future. leroy, talk us through the feeling that these civilians must be feeling as that hatch door is finally opened. what is it for you as an astronaut that runs through your mind? well, of course it s excitement, it s euphoria, it s a feeling of mission accomplished. and then you get up. you sit up or stand up and get out of the vehicle. boy, are you dizzy. that can be provocative and make you feel nauseous, it can make you feel unsteady. but the excitement, the adrenaline will get you through. just that wonderful feeling of accomplishment is probably the biggest thing, the emotional
0 these are people with families, and the goal here really has been heartwarming. i think you ve probably seen the footage of the interactions that this crew has had with children in the hospital. i mean, it s been a fund-raising campaign for st. jude s, 200 million dollars has been the goal. and there s been all kinds of interaction from them there. it just has been an amazing experience to see regular americans, like you and i, in space. only less than 600 people jon: hang on a second, alexandria. we re getting our first images. let s listen to mission control. as part of the inspiration for mission, the crowd here is very excited to see them after the first time as well. so yeah, couple of minutes left of the blackout period, and we should be getting comms re-established with the crew here shortly. jon: the blackout period, clayton, perhaps you re the best to explain that to us. the capsule is coming back, and the friction of it ebb countering the earth s encountering the