The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station to deliver a fresh crew to the freefalling science lab.<br/> And here, the Russian space craft successfully docks - three days after blasting off in Kazakhstan.<br/> After the hatches between the Soyuz and the ISS are opened, the outgoing crew welcomes the incoming trio at the beginning of their four-month stay.<br/> The six crew members will have less than one week together before the Expedition 29 crew heads back to earth on Monday.<br/> Their departure will mark the beginning of Expedition 30 - and a formal change of command ceremony is slated for Sunday.<br/> Three additional flight engineers are scheduled to head to the space station on December 21.<br/> Travis Brecher, Reuters
