.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its own variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting 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 opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's web site. Hatch opening is planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA information via a selection of systems, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad will definitely participate in Expedition 71 staff participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to invest around six months aboard the orbital station accelerating medical investigation as Exploration 71/72 workers participants before returning to Earth in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.Throughout Exploration 72, pair of brand new workers will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of 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 purpose and also get the most up to date space station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station investigation 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.