.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its own lot of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's website. Hatch position is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA material through a wide array of systems, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad will certainly participate in Trip 71 workers participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month stay for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely devote roughly six months aboard the periodic outpost advancing clinical research study as Trip 71/72 team participants prior to coming back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Exploration 72, pair of brand new staffs will certainly show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as acquire the most up to date space station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More concerning International Space Station research as well as 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.