In addition, let us know the space six crew dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience, carried three Americans and one Japanese astronaut.

They were given a warm greeting by their new crewmates.

And there they are.

Mike Hopkins is commander.

If the Dragon crew e I can't tell you how excited we were when that rocket lifted off the pad and and in the last 27 27 hours have has gone really smooth, actually.

And so we're so excited to be here.

Um, we are humbled, and we're excited to be a part of this great expedition.

And so we're looking forward to the next six months and can't wait to get started.

Capture ring already extended.

Also making the journey was a toy baby Yoda, a character from the Star Wars franchise station, will be their home for the next six months.

After that, another set of astronauts on a dragon crew capsule will make the trip to replace them.

Congratulations.

NASA had previously been reliant on Russia's space program since 2011, when the previous U.

S shuttle program ended.