.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its lot of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's web site. Hatch opening is actually planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA content by means of a selection of systems, featuring social networking sites.The moment aboard, the triad will participate in Trip 71 team participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely invest around six months aboard the orbital outpost evolving scientific research study as Trip 71/72 team members before coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Exploration 72, 2 new staffs will certainly show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his mission and also obtain the latest spaceport station crew news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Space Station research study and functions 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.