India, April 8 -- In the early hours of Tuesday, a new crew headed for the International Space Station aboard Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft.
The spacecraft, carrying American astronaut Jonny Kim and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, launched at 1:47 a.m. ET from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
At 4:57 a.m. ET, the Soyuz MS-27 docked to the International Space Station's Prichal module, NASA said.
Hatch opening is scheduled for 7:20 a.m. ET.
The trio will join Expedition 72 aboard the Space Station, which includes American astronauts Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Don Pettit; Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin, Kirill Peskov, and Ivan Vagner.
The newly arrived crew members wi...