<p class="title">A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has docked with the International Space Station after a fast-track trip to the orbiting laboratory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Soyuz capsule docked at 22:48 GMT Saturday, just six hours and 20 minutes after blasting off from Russia's launch complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The launch took place on the 50th anniversary of the day U.S. astronauts landed on the moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The capsule is carrying Andrew Morgan of the United States on his first spaceflight, Russian Alexander Skvortsov on his third mission to the space station and Italian Luca Parmitano.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They will join Russian Alexey Ovchinin and Americans Nick Hague and Christina Koch have been aboard since March.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The crew patch for the expedition echoes the one from Apollo 11's 1969 lunar mission. (AP) RS RS</p>
<p class="title">A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has docked with the International Space Station after a fast-track trip to the orbiting laboratory.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Soyuz capsule docked at 22:48 GMT Saturday, just six hours and 20 minutes after blasting off from Russia's launch complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The launch took place on the 50th anniversary of the day U.S. astronauts landed on the moon.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The capsule is carrying Andrew Morgan of the United States on his first spaceflight, Russian Alexander Skvortsov on his third mission to the space station and Italian Luca Parmitano.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They will join Russian Alexey Ovchinin and Americans Nick Hague and Christina Koch have been aboard since March.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The crew patch for the expedition echoes the one from Apollo 11's 1969 lunar mission. (AP) RS RS</p>