SUMMARY: The newest residents of the International Space Station arrived at their destination on Saturday, as their Soyuz TMA-6 capsule docked automatically. Hatches between the spacecraft and station were opened a few hours later, and the three crew members joined the two men of Expedition 10 on board the station. Commander Sergei Krikalev and astronaut John Phillips will remain on the station until October 2005, while ESA Astronaut Roberto Vittori will return in about a week with Leroy Chiao and Salizhan Sharipov.

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