.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its amount of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly anchored to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's internet site. Hatch position is actually scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content with a wide array of platforms, featuring social networks.As soon as aboard, the trio will definitely sign up with Exploration 71 workers participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will invest around 6 months aboard the orbital outpost progressing scientific study as Trip 71/72 team members before coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During the course of Trip 72, 2 brand-new staffs will definitely get here aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his purpose and obtain the latest spaceport station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More regarding International Space Station study and functions 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.