Four astronauts from the Crew-3 spacecraft have arrived at the International Space Station

The beginning of a six-month journey into orbit. The SpaceX capsule carrying four crew members of the Crew-3 spacecraft landed at the International Space Station (ISS) on November 11, after taking off from Florida on Wednesday evening. Instead of a crew of four, including four Americans and one German, Thomas Baskett, Returned to Earth overnight from Monday to Tuesday. They were greeted by American Mark Vande Hay on board the ISS.

Four new astronauts hatch and a total of seven crew Space Station!

Exactly one day after launch, # Group3 The orbit is in the lab. pic.twitter.com/QJoBUsJcsj

– NASA (சா NASA) November 12, 2021

This is the third space flight for American Tom Marshburn. He already flew in a shuttle in 2009 and then flew on a Soyuz rocket in 2012-2013. The other three astronauts, Kyla Baron, Raja Sari et al Matthias Maurer, However, he traveled for the first time. Matthias Marar is the twelfth German to end in orbit.

Their work will involve many experiences. One of them is aimed at observing the effects of food on the intestinal flora and the astronauts’ immune system, whose defense is often weakened by prolonged stay in space. Crew-3 astronauts will undertake spacewalks, especially as they continue to install new solar panels on the ISS.