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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Mr Platonov was bumped from the Soyuz launch line-up a couple of years ago because of an undisclosed illness.

The crew will spend at least six months at the orbital lab, swapping places with four colleagues who have been on the ISS since Март.

Очаква се SpaceX да върне предходните четири на земята още в сряда.