.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own amount of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's web site. Hatch position is actually planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content through a selection of platforms, featuring social media.As soon as aboard, the triad is going to join Expedition 71 crew members, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will invest approximately 6 months aboard the periodic station advancing scientific research as Trip 71/72 workers participants prior to coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During the course of Trip 72, 2 brand new teams will get here aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his objective and acquire the most recent space station team information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station research and also procedures 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.