.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, taking its own lot of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component 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 insurance coverage of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's internet site. Hatch position is actually set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA material through a wide array of platforms, including social media sites.Once aboard, the triad is going to participate in Expedition 71 staff participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will spend approximately six months aboard the orbital outpost progressing medical analysis as Expedition 71/72 workers members before returning to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.In the course of Expedition 72, 2 new teams will arrive aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his objective and receive the latest spaceport station crew information on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station analysis and procedures 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.