The International Space Station has returned to its normal capacity with the arrival of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission.
NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Alexey Fedyaev emerged from their Crew Dragon spacecraft at 5:31 p.m. ET on Feb. 14, embracing their fellow astronauts and cosmonauts who have been waiting for them to join the Expedition 74 mission.
What had been a team of three due to Crew-11’s early medically-triggered departure is now seven once again: three American astronauts, three Russian Cosmonauts, and one French astronaut.
“You look around the crew up here, and it’s really a testament to everything that we do,” Meir said during a welcome ceremony. “We have so many countries represented, so many backgrounds, so many disciplines, and we are so excited to be here and to get to work.”…