When young, aspiring astronauts dream about shooting off into space in a rocket ship, their minds rarely wander to worst case scenario situations. Instead, they fantasize about discovering life on other planets,

Reaching orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the newest crew includes NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, both military pilots; and Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, both former airline pilots. They will spend the next six months at the space station, considered the normal stint, after springing Wilmore and Williams free.