.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will certainly introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will definitely join the Expedition 71 workers beforehand scientific analysis.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage will certainly stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and the organization's web site. Learn just how to stream NASA web content with an assortment of systems including social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the place, the space probe is going to instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element. Soon after, hatches will definitely open between the spacecraft and also the place.As soon as aboard, the triad is going to join NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is as complies with (perpetuity Eastern as well as subject to change based upon real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Release insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point as well as docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the company's internet site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and appreciated remarks coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's internet site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The triad will devote approximately 6 months aboard the periodic research laboratory as Expedition 71 and 72 workers members before coming back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This will definitely be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, as well as the second for Vagner.For much more than two decades, folks have lived and functioned continuously aboard the International Space Station, evolving scientific knowledge, and bring in study advancements that are actually not feasible on Earth. The place is an essential testbed for NASA to recognize and get over the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight and to increase industrial chances in low Planet orbit. As office providers concentrate on delivering individual space transportation services and also locations as portion of a sturdy reduced The planet orbit economic condition, NASA is actually focusing more information on profound space objectives to the Moon as part of Artemis in preparation for future human purposes to Mars.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station research study as well as functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.