Astronauts arrive at ISS for 8-month mission after medical emergency forced early evacuation

Four new astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, bringing the lab back up to full capacity after several of their colleagues were forced to leave early last month due to a medical issue.

The U.S., French and Russian astronauts and cosmonaut launched from Cape Canaveral in a SpaceX rocket on Friday for the approximately 34-hour journey.

"That was quite the ride," NASA Commander Jessica Meir said immediately after the launch, according to BBC News. "We have left the Earth...