Astronauts Join Expedition 72 Crew on International Space Station

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, entered the International Space Station after opening the hatches between the station and the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The crew was welcomed by Expedition 72’s NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Don Petitt, Suni Williams, and Butch Wilmore, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Aleksandr Gorbunov, Alexey Ovchinin, and Ivan Vagner.

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Source: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2025/03/16/dragon-crew-enters-station-and-joins-expedition-72-crew