.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's website. Hatch position is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA information via a variety of platforms, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad is going to join Trip 71 crew participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outpost evolving medical analysis as Exploration 71/72 staff members before returning to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During Trip 72, pair of brand-new crews will get here aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his objective and acquire the most up to date spaceport station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More concerning International Space Station study as well as functions 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.