.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module 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 protection of hatch opening are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site. Hatch opening is set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA material via a wide array of systems, including social networks.Once aboard, the trio will definitely sign up with Expedition 71 workers members, 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, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outstation evolving medical study as Trip 71/72 team members just before coming back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, two brand new crews are going to arrive aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, adhered to by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his mission and receive the latest space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more regarding International Space Station study as well as operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Leah CheshierJohnson Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.