.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own number of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's site. Hatch opening is actually set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA web content through a wide array of systems, consisting of social media sites.Once aboard, the triad will definitely join Expedition 71 team participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly invest approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outstation evolving medical study as Expedition 71/72 workers participants prior to coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, 2 new teams will come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his purpose and receive the most up to date spaceport station crew headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.