.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its variety of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch opening will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's internet site. Hatch position is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information through a selection of systems, consisting of social media.The moment aboard, the trio will definitely join Expedition 71 workers members, featuring NASA astronauts 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 certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to devote about 6 months aboard the periodic outstation advancing scientific study as Expedition 71/72 crew members prior to going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's second.In the course of Trip 72, 2 new teams are going to come in aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his objective and also receive the most up to date space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more regarding International Space Station research as well as 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.