.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its variety of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically anchored to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element 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 insurance coverage of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the agency's web site. Hatch position is actually arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA web content via an assortment of platforms, featuring social networking sites.The moment aboard, the trio will definitely participate in Trip 71 workers participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to spend around six months aboard the periodic outpost progressing clinical research as Expedition 71/72 staff members before coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Trip 72, two brand new teams will definitely get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his mission and also acquire the most up to date spaceport station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more regarding International Space Station study as well as procedures 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.