Soyuz hatch opens, Expedition 69 expands to 10 crewmates
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Houston TX (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
The hatches between the International Space Station and the newly arrived Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft officially opened at 5:16 p.m. EDT. The arrival of three new crew members to the existing seven people already aboard for Expedition 69 temporarily increases the station's population to 10. NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub joined the space sta