Four astronauts arrive at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour “express” flight that sets a U.S. speed record. The spacecraft is a SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying the crew to the orbiting laboratory.
The four passengers include NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov. Multiple outlets describe the mission as the quickest U.S. express flight to the ISS so far, emphasizing the short transit time compared with typical spaceflight schedules.
While the available reports focus primarily on the arrival and the record-setting launch duration, they do not provide differing accounts of the crew, the spacecraft, or the broader mission outcomes. Instead, they align on the core details: the ISS docking/arrival on Thursday and the record for U.S. launch speed, with the crew comprising the four named astronauts.
