Russian space capsule transfers new crew to ISS

Russia’s Soyuz TMA-2 space capsule today successfully docked with the international space station and transferred US astronaut Edward Lu and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko.

They are replacing US astronauts Kenneth Bowersox and Donald Pettit who, along with Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, have been stuck on the ISS since the Columbia Shuttle disaster on February 1.