The arrival of Crew 11 clears the way for four other station fliers to return to Earth next week after a 145-day stay in space.

SpaceX has delivered a new crew to the International Space Station in just 15 hours. The team, consisting of astronauts from the U.S., Russia, and Japan, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and arrived on Saturday.

NASA and SpaceX's Crew-11 mission is made up of two U.S. astronauts, one from Japan and a Russian cosmonaut. They'll be aboard the International Space Station for six months conducting research.