The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched on Thursday
A veteran astronaut, with links to the Isle of Man, has arrived at the International Space Station with three others.
The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched from Florida on Thursday.
One of the crew is NASA's Stephen Bowen who visited the Island in 2011 as a guest of Tynwald.
Days before the mission, Howard Parkin from AstroManx emailed Stephen to wish him well for his journey and the next six months on the orbiting station:
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