Expedition 61 Crew Docks to the International Space Station

After launching earlier in the day in their Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 61 Soyuz Commander Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, NASA Flight Engineer Jessica Meir and Spaceflight Participant Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates arrived at the International Space Station September 25. Their arrival completed a six-hour journey when they docking their Soyuz spacecraft to the Poisk module on the Russian segment of the complex. A few hours after docking, Skripochka, Meir and Almansoori opened hatches and were greeted by station Commander Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Nick Hague, Christina Koch and Drew Morgan of NASA, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos. As the hatches were opened, the families of the newly arrived crew members and American, Russian and Emirati space officials viewed the activities from Baikonur and offered their congratulations to the newest residents of the outpost.

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