.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's internet site. Hatch opening is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA content with a range of platforms, consisting of social media sites.As soon as aboard, the trio will certainly sign up with Expedition 71 staff members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote around 6 months aboard the orbital outpost evolving medical research study as Trip 71/72 crew members just before coming back to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Trip 72, pair of brand-new crews will certainly get there aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his goal and receive the most recent spaceport station workers updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More regarding International Spaceport station analysis and procedures 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.