.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly dropped anchor 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) 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 site. Hatch opening is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA web content via an assortment of platforms, featuring social networking sites.When aboard, the trio will participate in Trip 71 staff participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to devote approximately six months aboard the periodic outstation progressing clinical study as Exploration 71/72 staff members just before returning to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.Throughout Trip 72, 2 new staffs will definitely arrive aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also obtain the most recent spaceport station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More about International Spaceport station investigation and also 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.