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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Astronauts take express flight to the space station arriving 15 hours after their launch - The Untold Story

APTOPIX SpaceX Crew Launch - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours.

The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. They will spend at least six months at the orbiting lab, swapping places with colleagues up there since March. SpaceX will bring those four back as early as Wednesday.

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