.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its own number of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's web site. Hatch position is booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA web content by means of a wide array of platforms, including social media.The moment aboard, the triad is going to participate in Trip 71 workers participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly devote approximately 6 months aboard the periodic station progressing medical research study as Trip 71/72 crew participants prior to coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, two brand new crews will show up aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his purpose and acquire the current spaceport station workers updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station investigation and 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.