.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its own amount of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's site. Hatch position is scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA material through a selection of platforms, consisting of social networking sites.When aboard, the trio will definitely join Trip 71 workers members, featuring NASA astronauts 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, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely devote around six months aboard the orbital station accelerating clinical research study as Exploration 71/72 staff members before returning to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During Expedition 72, 2 new teams will definitely get there aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his mission and also receive the current space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station study and 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.