Four new crew members join the ISS following a 24-hour journey on board SpaceX spacecraft [Video]

All aboard! Four new crew members join the International Space Station following a 24-hour journey on board SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft 

02:22 EST 03 Mar 2023 , updated 06:57 EST 03 Mar 2023

Four new crew members have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS), one day after launching from Earth – but only after some slight technical trouble. 

SpaceX’s Dragon crew capsule, dubbed Endeavour, docked with the ISS at 01:40 EST (06:40 GMT) on Friday following a 24-hour voyage. 

The new inhabitants are two Americans, one Russian and Sultan al-Neyadi, a University of Brighton graduate and only the second Emirati to voyage to space. 

But the new crew members had to wait an extra hour before boarding while mission control had to troubleshoot a faulty docking hook sensor on the capsule. 

It follows the launch being postponed by three days earlier in the week because of a clog in a filter that supplies ignition fluid to start the rocket engines.