Tokyo, April 25, 2021, SPA -- The commercially developed SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ship carrying a group of four astronauts from the United States, Japan and France successfully docked with the International Space Station on Saturday following its liftoff from NASA's space center a day earlier, Kyodo reported. Two NASA astronauts -- Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur -- along with Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Thomas Pesquet from the European Space Agency will begin an approximate six-month mission at the orbiting laboratory. --SPA 03:54 LOCAL TIME 00:54 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/w1548457