.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its own number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element 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 will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's website. Hatch position is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA information by means of a wide array of systems, consisting of social networks.The moment aboard, the trio is going to participate in Expedition 71 staff participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson and a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote about 6 months aboard the periodic outpost advancing medical research as Exploration 71/72 team members prior to going back to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During the course of Exploration 72, 2 brand new workers will certainly show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also acquire the latest space station crew updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station investigation as well as functions 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.