.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's internet site. Hatch position is planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA content via an assortment of systems, including social media sites.As soon as aboard, the trio will certainly participate in Expedition 71 staff members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely invest approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outpost evolving scientific investigation as Exploration 71/72 staff members prior to going back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, two brand new teams will certainly show up aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his objective as well as get the most recent spaceport station workers headlines on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research study and 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.