.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its own lot of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory'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 coverage of hatch opening will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's internet site. Hatch opening is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA information through a selection of platforms, consisting of social media sites.As soon as aboard, the trio will definitely join Trip 71 staff participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will invest approximately 6 months aboard the periodic station progressing scientific investigation as Trip 71/72 team participants before returning to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Expedition 72, pair of new teams will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose as well as receive the latest spaceport station staff headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More about International Spaceport station research study and also procedures 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.