There’ve been some new arrivals onboard the International Space Station.<br /><br />A Soyuz capsule docked there on Wednesday, having blasted off from Kazakhstan five and a half hours earlier, and using the recently accelerated docking procedure.<br /><br />The Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with Exp. 53 crewmembers Alexander Misurkin, AstroAcaba & Astro_Sabot. pic.twitter.com/7Sz9KInEMC— Angelina Ballerina (@LiNa8294) September 13, 2017<br /><br /><br />The team<br /><br />First through the hatch was Russian cosmonaut, Alexander Misurkin, who’s on his second trip into space.<br /><br />American Joe Acaba was next to greet the three crew members already at the station. He was selected for astronaut training whilst working as a maths and science teacher, and is on his third mission.<br /><br />Last to arrive was another American. It’s Mark Vande Hei’s first time in space.<br /><br />Leaving for dinner. Goodbye normal bed for half a year w AstroAcaba Astro_Maker AntonAstrey S. Walker and С. Мисуркин pic.twitter.com/HMe5j5i37f— Mark T. Vande Hei (Astro_Sabot) September 12, 2017<br /><br /><br />The three team members will spend five months conducting experiments in orbit.<br />
