Following a successful launch of the Russian Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan on Wednesday, the International Space Station (ISS) welcomed three new occupants. Both NASA space traveller Weave Hines and European Space Association (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti posted stunning images of the launch taken from the space station.

Beginning today, NASA's Straightforward Rubio and the Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin were sent into orbit by the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

ISS space astronauts were cruising around 250 miles (400 kilometres) above Earth when they noticed the cosmic panorama. We had a magnificent perspective on the Soyuz send-off, Cristoforetti wrote alongside two images that were posted to Twitter. In just a few hours, Sergey, Dmitry, and Forthright will bang on our door, expecting us to welcome them to their new home. Hines provided four images under the subheading, 'At any time can't help but wonder what a [rocket] launch looks like from space? It's incredible!

Only a few hours earlier, NASA space traveller Blunt Rubio took off on a Soyuz. He is currently waiting for the hatch to open at the space station's front entrance. Welcome to the team, Plain! The two passengers on the Soyuz shuttle were American space adventurer Honest Rubio and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin. Rubio arrived via Soyuz as part of yet another bilateral trade agreement between the US and Russia. This agreement was made in July despite tensions between the two countries following Russia's war on Ukraine.

As part of the Group 5 mission, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina will launch on a SpaceX rocket to the space station as per the agreement. On the off chance that all goes as planned, the ISS will get another new crewmate arrangement in less than a month.

Nicole Mann and Josh Cassada of NASA, Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aviation Investigation Organization, and cosmonaut Anna Kikina are scheduled to launch on SpaceX's Group 5 mission for NASA on October 3.