.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its number of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's site. Hatch position is planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content via a wide array of systems, including social networking sites.When aboard, the trio will sign up with Expedition 71 staff participants, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote about six months aboard the orbital outstation advancing scientific study as Trip 71/72 staff members just before coming back to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Trip 72, pair of brand new workers will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as acquire the most up to date space station staff headlines on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station investigation 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.