.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its variety of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's web site. Hatch opening is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA material via a variety of platforms, including social networking sites.Once aboard, the triad is going to join Trip 71 staff participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely spend around six months aboard the orbital station progressing scientific research study as Expedition 71/72 staff members before returning to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Trip 72, 2 brand-new workers will definitely get here aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission and also receive the latest spaceport station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station study 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.