Crew Led by African Woman Reaches Space Station in Record Eight Hours

Four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday after a journey lasting just eight hours.

The flight marked the fastest American arrival at the orbiting laboratory, setting a new benchmark for the trip to the station.

The crew was led by an African woman and included military personnel. Their names and individual roles were not provided in the brief account of the arrival.

The record concerned the time taken to reach the station, rather than the spacecraft’s maximum speed. No further details were given about the crew’s planned work aboard the laboratory.