.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting research laboratory'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) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's web site. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA material by means of a selection of platforms, consisting of social networks.When aboard, the triad will definitely sign up with Trip 71 team members, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly spend around 6 months aboard the orbital station evolving scientific research as Trip 71/72 staff participants before going back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Exploration 72, 2 new workers will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and receive the current spaceport station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station investigation and operations 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.