.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its own number of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe immediately docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module 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 definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's internet site. Hatch position is set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA web content via a variety of systems, including social networking sites.The moment aboard, the trio is going to sign up with Expedition 71 staff members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month visit for Dyson and a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will spend approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outpost evolving clinical investigation as Expedition 71/72 workers participants before going back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, 2 brand new staffs will certainly get here aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal and obtain the current spaceport station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More concerning International Space Station 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.