.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its own number of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the company's web site. Hatch opening is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA material through a selection of platforms, featuring social media sites.Once aboard, the triad will definitely participate in Expedition 71 team members, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely devote about six months aboard the orbital station advancing clinical research study as Trip 71/72 workers participants prior to coming back to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Expedition 72, pair of new crews will certainly come in aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also obtain the latest spaceport station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station research study as well as 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.