Three astronauts left from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday. The vacant spots will be taken over are astronauts Tim Peake, Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko. Tim Peake is the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station. Tim Peake is also the first UK astronaut to explore space in over 20 years. Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space. It will take just about six hours for the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft to reach the orbiting International Space Station.