.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe immediately docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module 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 position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's website. Hatch position is set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA material via a selection of platforms, featuring social networking sites.When aboard, the trio will sign up with Trip 71 staff members, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely spend around 6 months aboard the orbital station advancing clinical research study as Expedition 71/72 crew members just before coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During the course of Trip 72, 2 brand new crews will certainly arrive aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his purpose and receive the most up to date spaceport station crew information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More about International Spaceport station research study and also operations 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.