That was the sentiment expressed by Mike Fincke, who arrived at the International Space Station with SpaceX's Crew-11 mission last Saturday (Aug. 2). A veteran space traveller — this is his fourth time on the ISS — Fincke quickly settled into his orbital home and began preparing for the day that he and others can go farther away from Earth.

The SpaceX's Crew-11 Dragon capsule carrying four crew members from the United States, Japan and Russia docked early Saturday morning after their 15-hour long journey to the International Space Station.

The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. They will spend at least six months at the orbiting lab, swapping places with colleagues up there since March. SpaceX will bring those four back as early as Wednesday.