.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its variety of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's site. Hatch position is actually arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA material with a variety of systems, including social media.The moment aboard, the trio will certainly participate in Expedition 71 team members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and 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 departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will spend roughly six months aboard the orbital outstation advancing clinical research as Expedition 71/72 workers members before going back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Trip 72, 2 brand new crews will get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his purpose as well as receive the most recent spaceport station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station research study as well as 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.