.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its amount of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the organization's site. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information through a variety of platforms, consisting of social media.The moment aboard, the trio will certainly participate in Expedition 71 staff participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely spend about 6 months aboard the orbital outpost accelerating clinical research as Expedition 71/72 workers members just before returning to Earth in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.During the course of Expedition 72, pair of new teams will come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission and also receive the current spaceport station workers updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More concerning 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.