.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its own variety of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe automatically anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe 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 position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's internet site. Hatch position is actually planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA information through a variety of systems, featuring social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will definitely join Exploration 71 workers members, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend around 6 months aboard the orbital outpost advancing medical analysis as Trip 71/72 workers members just before returning to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During the course of Exploration 72, two brand new staffs are going to get there aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his purpose and get the current space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More regarding International Spaceport station research and also 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.