.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its variety of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's web site. Hatch opening is set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA content with a selection of systems, including social networks.When aboard, the triad will join Exploration 71 team participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely invest approximately six months aboard the orbital outpost progressing scientific study as Exploration 71/72 workers participants prior to coming back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.Throughout Trip 72, pair of brand new workers will definitely get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his goal and obtain the most recent space station crew headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station study as well as 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.