Astronauts arrived at ISS space station

Two astronauts arrived at the international space station ISS on Thursday after a flight of approximately six hours.

The Soyuz capsule in which they were sitting was empty: Russia has reduced its participation in the space station a little while awaiting the scientific laboratory to be transferred to the station next year.

The two astronauts were welcomed at the station by the three astronauts who have been working for some time now. Those three, one Russian, one American and one Frenchman, travel back to earth in September.