.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its amount of homeowners 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 lab's Rassvet component 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 opening will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the company's web site. Hatch position is set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA material with a selection of systems, including social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will certainly participate in Exploration 71 crew members, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outpost progressing scientific study as Exploration 71/72 team members prior to going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, two brand new crews are going to show up aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his mission and acquire the current space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More regarding International Space Station research and also procedures 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.