.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch opening are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's web site. Hatch position is scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA content with an assortment of platforms, consisting of social media.Once aboard, the triad will sign up with Trip 71 team participants, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to invest roughly six months aboard the orbital outstation advancing medical study as Trip 71/72 workers members prior to coming back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, pair of brand new teams will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, complied with by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his mission and also receive the most up to date space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station study and functions 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.