.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its variety of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the agency's site. Hatch opening is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA information via a variety of systems, including social networking sites.Once aboard, the trio will definitely participate in Exploration 71 team participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital station accelerating medical research as Trip 71/72 workers participants prior to returning to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Expedition 72, pair of brand-new crews will definitely get here aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his objective and also get the most recent space station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research as well as functions 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.