.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its own amount of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe immediately docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's internet site. Hatch opening is planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA web content through an assortment of platforms, featuring social networking sites.Once aboard, the triad is going to join Expedition 71 staff participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outstation advancing scientific research study as Expedition 71/72 crew participants prior to coming back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During Trip 72, 2 new staffs will definitely get here aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, complied with through Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his objective and also acquire the most recent space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station research and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Leah CheshierJohnson Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.