New ISS Crew Arrives Safely to Begin Six-Month Mission

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man multinational crew has arrived at the International Space Station. American astronaut Reid Wiseman, Russian cosmonaut Max Surayev and German Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency docked at the ISS early Thursday morning, six hours after blasting off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Two hours later, the hatches of both spacecraft were opened and the trio was heartily greeted by the current ISS crew as they floated...

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