.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element 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 coverage of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the company's internet site. Hatch position is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA information by means of a variety of systems, consisting of social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will definitely sign up with 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 Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely spend around 6 months aboard the orbital station progressing clinical investigation as Trip 71/72 crew members prior to going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Expedition 72, pair of brand-new crews will show up aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, adhered to by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission as well as get the current space station team information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station research 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.