They will spend at least six months at the orbiting lab, swapping places with colleagues up there since March.

The SpaceX's Crew-11 Dragon capsule carrying four crew members from the United States, Japan and Russia docked early Saturday morning after their 15-hour long journey to the International Space Station.

NASA launched a SpaceX rocket carrying astronauts to the International Space Station. The flight includes astronauts reassigned from Boeing’s delayed Starliner mission and may extend beyond six months in space.