NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Kim, Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky docked with the orbiting lab on Tuesday (April 8) at 4:57 a.m. (0857 GMT).

A Soyuz spacecraft, commemorating the 80th anniversary of World War II's end, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts to the ISS. Despite strained US-Russia relations,

NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates launched successfully to the International Space Station on Tuesday on board a Russian spacecraft.