The four Crew-12 astronauts brought the International Space Station’s staff back to seven after a month of operating with three people on board.

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched 4 astronauts into space Friday morning from Florida.

Launching atop a Falcon 9 from Florida, Crew-12 is carried four new NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos crew members to the orbiting laboratory for an eight-month mission as part of Expedition 74/75. Liftoff occurred at 5:15 AM EST (10:15 UTC) on Friday,

A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts is on its way to the International Space Station, a journey that will bring the orbiting laboratory back to full staff after a month of operating with a skeleton crew.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission carried four astronauts to the International Space Station this week, completing a launch-to-docking sequence in just over 34 hours and marking a booster landing at the same Florida launch complex where it lifted off.

The SpaceX ship splashed down just after 9:15 am on Friday off the coast of Oceanside, CA after 4 days in orbit.