Biggest Space Station Crowd in Decade After SpaceX Arrival

ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet of France, NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and JAXA astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of Japan of Crew 2 assemble with Crew 1 for a welcome ceremony after they arrived aboard the International Space Station, after docking SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule obiting the earth, on April 24, 2021 in a still image from video. NASA TV via Reuters

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The International Space Station’s population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX’s third crew capsule in less than a year.

It’s the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade.