.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly anchored to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's site. Hatch position is actually arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA content through a variety of platforms, consisting of social media.When aboard, the triad will definitely sign up with Trip 71 team members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly devote approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outpost progressing scientific investigation as Trip 71/72 team members before returning to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Expedition 72, pair of brand-new teams will arrive aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission as well as acquire the current space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station analysis 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.