.NASA astronaut Don Pettit are going to launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will participate in the Trip 71 workers ahead of time clinical research.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage will certainly flow on NASA+, the NASA application, and the agency's internet site. Discover exactly how to stream NASA material via a range of systems featuring social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the space capsule is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element. Shortly after, hatches are going to open up between the spacecraft and the station.When aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is actually as follows (perpetuity Eastern as well as subject to change based on real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and docking coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the company's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and also invited opinions insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's internet site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The triad will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the periodic lab as Exploration 71 and also 72 workers participants before returning to Planet in the spring of 2025. This are going to be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For more than 20 years, individuals have resided and also worked continually aboard the International Space Station, progressing technology, and also bring in investigation breakthroughs that are certainly not possible in the world. The station is actually a crucial testbed for NASA to understand and conquer the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and to increase industrial opportunities in low Planet orbit. As business providers concentrate on supplying human room transport companies as well as destinations as component of a durable low Earth orbit economic condition, NASA is actually concentrating much more resources on serious room purposes to the Moon as aspect of Artemis to prepare for potential human objectives to Mars.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station analysis and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Area Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.