Reaching orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the newest crew includes NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots; and Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots. They will spend the next six months at the space station, considered the normal stint, after springing Wilmore and Williams free.

NASA's Artemis campaign is rapidly advancing the development of Gateway, a space station that will orbit the Moon and serve as a crucial hub for future deep space exploration. Major progress has been made on the HALO habitation module,