.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its own variety of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting lab's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's internet site. Hatch position is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA information with a range of platforms, including social networking sites.The moment aboard, the triad will definitely join Expedition 71 staff members, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly invest about 6 months aboard the periodic station progressing clinical investigation as Expedition 71/72 crew members just before going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Exploration 72, pair of new staffs will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his objective as well as get the latest space station team information on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Find Out More about International Spaceport station research 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.