, Aug. 3 -- SpaceX successfully transported a new international crew to the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday, completing the journey in just 15 hours after liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

The newly arrived team - comprising NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japan's Kimiya Yui, and Russia's Oleg Platonov - will spend at least six months aboard the ISS, replacing the current crew who have been stationed there since March. SpaceX is expected to bring those four astronauts back to Earth as early as Wednesday.

"Hello, space station!" Fincke radioed cheerfully as their SpaceX capsule docked with the ISS high above the South Pacific.

The crew members are all seasoned professionals who were reassigned from ot...