.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its own amount of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting lab'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 definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's website. Hatch position is set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA material through a variety of systems, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad is going to join Expedition 71 workers members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely devote roughly six months aboard the orbital station evolving scientific investigation as Exploration 71/72 crew members prior to coming back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Trip 72, 2 new workers will definitely show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his objective and acquire the current space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more about International Spaceport station research as well as 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.