.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's website. Hatch opening is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information via a selection of platforms, consisting of social media sites.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Expedition 71 staff members, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly spend around 6 months aboard the orbital outpost evolving scientific study as Expedition 71/72 team members prior to coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Expedition 72, two brand new teams will definitely come in aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, adhered to by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and receive the latest spaceport station workers news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research study 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.