Crew-3 Astronauts Welcomed to the International Space Station

NASA’s Crew-3 astronauts arrived at the International Space Station Thursday night, marking SpaceX’s fifth crewed spaceflight since May 2020.

Jeremy Kariuki

Friday, November 12, 2021 at 10:14 PM ET

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Crew-3 was welcomed aboard the International Space Station on Thursday night. NASA

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NASA’s Crew-3 astronauts successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, marking SpaceX’s fifth crewed spaceflight.
The four-member Crew-3 will conduct hundreds of scientific experiments over their six-month stay, focusing on areas like food physiology, free-flying robots, and human adaptation to microgravity.
This mission is part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which partners with private industry like SpaceX to provide safe and cost-effective human transportation to and from the ISS.

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NASA’s Crew-3 astronauts arrived at the International Space Station Thursday night, marking SpaceX’s fifth crewed spaceflight since May 2020. Crew-3′s arrival was part of an indirect takeover, where the outgoing Crew-2 astronauts were not able to welcome the new astronauts to the station.

After safely docking the Crew Dragon capsule, Crew-3 was welcomed by NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov.