.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe automatically 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 position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's website. Hatch opening is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information with an assortment of platforms, including social networking sites.When aboard, the triad will definitely sign up with Trip 71 crew members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to invest about 6 months aboard the periodic outpost evolving scientific research study as Expedition 71/72 staff participants just before going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.In the course of Expedition 72, 2 new staffs will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and also receive the most up to date space station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More about International Spaceport station investigation as well as functions 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.