.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its variety of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's web site. Hatch opening is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information by means of a variety of systems, featuring social networks.As soon as aboard, the trio will sign up with Trip 71 crew participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend approximately six months aboard the orbital outpost accelerating scientific analysis as Trip 71/72 team members prior to coming back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, 2 new workers will certainly come in aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his objective and get the current space station workers news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station research study 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.