.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own variety of locals 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 immediately anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module 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 coverage of hatch opening will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's internet site. Hatch position is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content through a selection of systems, consisting of social media sites.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Expedition 71 workers participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month stay for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely invest approximately six months aboard the periodic station evolving medical research as Expedition 71/72 team participants prior to going back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, 2 brand-new teams will certainly get here aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also receive the latest space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Space Station investigation and functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Leah CheshierJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.