.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its lot of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's website. Hatch position is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content via a variety of platforms, consisting of social media.Once aboard, the triad is going to participate in Expedition 71 staff members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month stay for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly invest roughly six months aboard the periodic station accelerating clinical investigation as Trip 71/72 team members just before coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, two brand-new workers will get here aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his objective and obtain the latest spaceport station workers information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More about International Space Station investigation 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.