.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting research laboratory'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) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's site. Hatch position is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA web content with a selection of platforms, consisting of social networking sites.As soon as aboard, the triad will definitely sign up with Trip 71 workers participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote roughly six months aboard the orbital outpost advancing clinical research as Trip 71/72 staff members just before coming back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.Throughout Expedition 72, 2 new workers will arrive aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, complied with by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and get the most up to date space station team information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station research as well as 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.