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SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance arrives at the International Space Station carrying Crew-3 crew members Kayla Barron, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Matthias Maurer.
This image was posted on Matthias's social media channels on Thursday 18 November – one week after Crew-3 was launched from Launchpad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.
Visit the Cosmic Kiss mission page to learn more about Matthias’s mission.