SpaceX brings new crew to International Space Station in just 15 hours - but it`s still short of Russian record
While a 15-hour trip is considered speedy by US standards, the Russians hold the record for the fastest trip to the space station - a lightning-fast three hours.
The four astronauts to join the team on the ISS are NASA's Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui and Russia's Oleg Platonov - each of whom had been originally assigned to other missions.
" Hello, space station, " Mr Fincke radioed as soon as the capsule belonging to billionaire Elon Musk's space company docked high above the South Pacific.
Ms Cardman and another astronaut were pulled from a SpaceX flight last year to make room for NASA's two stuck astronauts, Boeing Тестовите водачи на Starliner Butch Wilmore и Suni Williams, които се озоваха на МКС за девет месеца.
г -н Fincke и г -н Yui упражняваха за идната задача на Starliner, само че минаха към SpaceX, защото Starliner се основава на Thruster и други проблеми до 2026. /> British children who drowned off Spanish coast named
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