.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its amount of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's website. Hatch position is set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content by means of a range of platforms, consisting of social networks.The moment aboard, the trio will join Expedition 71 crew members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to devote approximately six months aboard the periodic station accelerating medical investigation as Trip 71/72 crew participants prior to returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, two brand new teams will definitely get there aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his mission and also acquire the most up to date space station crew headlines on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More concerning International Spaceport station investigation and also 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.