SpaceX Delivers Russian, Native American Woman to Station

SpaceX Delivers Russian, Native American Woman to Station
Russian Cosmonaut Anna Kikina enters the International Space Station from a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on Oct. 6, 2022, in this still from video. NASA via AP
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A Russian cosmonaut who caught a U.S. lift to the International Space Station arrived at her new home Thursday for a five-month stay, accompanied by a Japanese astronaut and two from NASA, including the first Native American woman in space.

The SpaceX capsule pulled up to the station a day after launching into orbit. The linkup occurred 260 miles (420 kilometers) above the Atlantic, just off the west coast of Africa.