.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its variety of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft 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 opening will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's web site. Hatch position is actually scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA material through a selection of platforms, featuring social media sites.The moment aboard, the trio will certainly 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, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to invest around six months aboard the periodic outstation advancing medical analysis as Expedition 71/72 team participants just before going back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, pair of brand new teams will definitely get there aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, adhered to by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal and get the most recent spaceport station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Find Out More regarding International Space Station study and also 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.