.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's website. Hatch opening is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content through a range of platforms, including social media.The moment aboard, the triad will participate in Expedition 71 crew members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to spend around 6 months aboard the orbital outstation evolving medical analysis as Trip 71/72 workers members prior to coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Expedition 72, two new staffs will arrive aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose as well as get the most recent space station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station study 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.