--- description: After a successful launch and docking, three astronauts join crew aboard the International Space Station. title: Live: Watch as Astronauts Dock With the International Space Station image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88dc13a407413c09/69885c2e8e0601dfba461871/crew-arrives.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Astronauts Successfuly Join Colleagues on the International Space Station  by [Jonathan Woods](/author/jonathan-d-woods/)  ## Jonathan Woods Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2015 4:29 AM CUT  Oleg Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui arrive aboard the space station in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 23, 2015. Oleg Kononenko, Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui arrive aboard the space station in the early morning hours of Thursday, July 23, 2015.NASA  by [Jonathan Woods](/author/jonathan-d-woods/)  ## Jonathan Woods Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 23, 2015 4:29 AM CUT Three astronauts have docked with the International Space Station and are joining three existing members on board the station for the next five months. The three astronauts arriving at the International Space Station include American astronaut [Kjell Lindgren](http://instagram.com/astro%5Fkjell "undefined") and Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui, who are flying for the first time. They are led by Soyuz commander Oleg Kononenko. The crew is slated to stay onboard for five months, returning on Dec. 22. The trio will join American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Gennady Padalka, who have already been in space for 117 days. They launched in the early hours of March 28. _TIME is following the yearlong mission between American astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko._ [_Click here to watch the series_](http://time.com/space "undefined")_, or watch Episode 1, “Leaving Home,” below._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3967745/watch-astronauts-join-colleagues-on-the-international-space-station/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3967745/watch-astronauts-join-colleagues-on-the-international-space-station/"},"headline":"Astronauts Successfuly Join Colleagues on the International Space Station","datePublished":"2015-07-23T04:29:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:28:50.977Z","description":"The crew is slated to stay in space for five months, returning on Dec. 22.","url":"https://time.com/3967745/watch-astronauts-join-colleagues-on-the-international-space-station/","keywords":["Space","rocket","space station"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88dc13a407413c09/69885c2e8e0601dfba461871/crew-arrives.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathan Woods","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jonathan-d-woods/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88dc13a407413c09/69885c2e8e0601dfba461871/crew-arrives.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Crew arrives to ISS","caption":"Crew arrives to ISS","creditText":"NASA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3967745/watch-astronauts-join-colleagues-on-the-international-space-station/","name":"Astronauts Successfuly Join Colleagues on the International Space Station"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"A Year in Space - Ep.1: Leaving Home","description":"A Year in Space - Ep.1: Leaving Home","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6ookw4W2/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2021-03-11T18:13:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6ookw4W2.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3967745/watch-astronauts-join-colleagues-on-the-international-space-station/","duration":"PT13M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3967745/watch-astronauts-join-colleagues-on-the-international-space-station/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```