.NASA astronaut Don Pettit are going to release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they are going to sign up with the Expedition 71 team beforehand scientific investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection will definitely stream on NASA+, the NASA application, and the company's internet site. Know how to stream NASA information by means of a variety of platforms consisting of social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour velocity to the place, the space probe is going to immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module. Shortly after, hatches will certainly open between the space probe and the place.Once aboard, the triad will definitely participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is as observes (all times Eastern as well as subject to change based on real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch protection starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and docking coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and also appreciated remarks insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's internet site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will devote roughly six months aboard the orbital laboratory as Trip 71 and 72 crew members before going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This will be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and also the 2nd for Vagner.For more than two decades, individuals have actually lived and also operated regularly aboard the International Spaceport station, evolving scientific knowledge, as well as making research innovations that are actually certainly not feasible in the world. The place is a crucial testbed for NASA to comprehend and also conquer the problems of long-duration spaceflight and also to expand business opportunities in reduced Planet track. As industrial firms pay attention to providing human room transportation services as well as destinations as portion of a strong low The planet orbit economic situation, NASA is concentrating more information on deep space goals to the Moon as aspect of Artemis to prepare for potential human goals to Mars.Learn more about International Space Station investigation and functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.