SpaceX crew arrives at ISS as part of plan to return astronauts
A SpaceX capsule carrying a new crew has docked at ISS, paving the way for Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to return to Earth.
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The pair were due to be on the ISS for only eight days, but because of technical issues with the experimental spacecraft they arrived on, they have been there for more than nine months.
Live footage showed the SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the ISS and opening a hatch. Shortly after 0545 GMT, the astronauts embraced and hugged their counterparts in zero gravity.
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