ISS: Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan board ISS

The crew of International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 60-61 successfully boarded the with the ISS on at 01:04 GMT on Sunday, after their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft docked with the space station some hours before.

Russian Cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov can be seen opening the hatch and being the first to board the ISS, where fellow Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA Astronauts Christina Koch and Nick Hague greet him, soon to be followed by Luca Parmitano and Andrew Morgan.

The expedition marks the first Morgan time has gone to space. Koch and Hague, who were waiting on board, were 2013 NASA classmates with Morgan, and have been on board since march. Parmitano is on his second mission while Skvortsov, who is leading the mission, is making his third visit to the space station.

The expedition is scheduled to last until October 3, when the Soyuz leaves the station. Koch, Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan will then transfer over to Expedition 61.