.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will certainly introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will participate in the Trip 71 staff ahead of time scientific research.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection will certainly stream on NASA+, the NASA application, as well as the company's internet site. Find out exactly how to stream NASA content through a range of platforms featuring social networks.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the place, the space capsule is going to instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module. Soon after, hatches will definitely open in between the spacecraft as well as the station.When aboard, the trio will participate in NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is as follows (perpetuity Eastern and also subject to change based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous and also docking coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's internet site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position as well as invited statements protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's web site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will certainly devote approximately 6 months aboard the periodic laboratory as Exploration 71 and also 72 workers participants before coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This will certainly be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, as well as the second for Vagner.For more than two decades, folks have stayed and also functioned consistently aboard the International Spaceport station, advancing accurate knowledge, and bring in investigation advances that are actually certainly not possible in the world. The station is actually a vital testbed for NASA to recognize as well as beat the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight and also to broaden business possibilities in low Earth track. As commercial providers focus on delivering individual room transport solutions as well as destinations as aspect of a robust reduced The planet orbit economic climate, NASA is concentrating more information on serious space goals to the Moon as part of Artemis to prepare for potential individual goals to Mars.Discover more concerning International Spaceport station study and operations 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.Sandra JonesJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.