Three New Crew Members Arrive At International Space Station
Three new crew members boarded the International Space Station (ISS) two days after lifting off from Earth. Anton Shkaplerov from Russia, Norishige Kanai from Japan, and Scott Tingle from the United States docked their Soyuz spacecraft with the orbital outpost on December 19. The trio lifted off from the Russian-rented Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. (NASA TV/Reuters)