.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its own variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe automatically anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's internet site. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA web content with a variety of systems, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad will definitely sign up with Trip 71 crew participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will devote around six months aboard the orbital outpost advancing clinical study as Expedition 71/72 crew participants before returning to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During Trip 72, pair of brand new staffs will certainly arrive aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, adhered to by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as receive the most up to date spaceport station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More about International Space Station investigation 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.