.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its own lot of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's website. Hatch opening is actually scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA web content through a wide array of systems, including social media.The moment aboard, the triad will participate in Expedition 71 staff members, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to invest approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outpost evolving clinical study as Expedition 71/72 team participants before returning to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.In the course of Expedition 72, pair of brand-new workers will come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his mission as well as get the current spaceport station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more regarding International Space Station research and also procedures 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.