.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own variety of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately docked to the orbiting research 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 opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's web site. Hatch opening is set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA content through a selection of systems, consisting of social networks.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Exploration 71 crew participants, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote about 6 months aboard the periodic station advancing scientific research as Exploration 71/72 crew participants just before going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, two new crews will definitely show up aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as get the most recent spaceport station workers news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More about International Space Station investigation and also functions 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.