.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe immediately docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the company's site. Hatch position is actually planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA web content through an assortment of systems, featuring social media.When aboard, the triad is going to participate in Trip 71 staff members, featuring 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 begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson and a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital station advancing clinical research as Exploration 71/72 workers participants before going back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, pair of brand new workers will certainly come in aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed through Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his purpose and get the most up to date space station team news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more about International Spaceport station investigation and 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.