.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe automatically dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's internet site. Hatch position is scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA content through a variety of systems, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad will sign up with Expedition 71 workers members, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will certainly devote roughly 6 months aboard the orbital outstation advancing clinical research as Expedition 71/72 crew participants just before going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Trip 72, pair of new workers will definitely arrive aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his mission and also get the latest spaceport station team news on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More concerning International Spaceport station investigation as well as procedures 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.