.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own lot of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's internet site. Hatch opening is scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with a selection of platforms, featuring social media sites.When aboard, the trio will definitely join Trip 71 crew members, including NASA rocketeers 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, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will devote around six months aboard the orbital outstation advancing medical analysis as Expedition 71/72 staff members just before coming back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Exploration 72, 2 new workers will certainly arrive aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission and receive the latest space station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Space Station research study and operations 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.