.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly anchored to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) 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 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 by means of an assortment of platforms, featuring social media sites.When aboard, the triad will join Exploration 71 staff members, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely devote about 6 months aboard the orbital station advancing scientific analysis as Expedition 71/72 workers members before returning to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.In the course of Trip 72, two new staffs will get here aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, adhered to by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his purpose as well as acquire the latest space station crew news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research as well as operations 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.