.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its variety of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately anchored 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 opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's web site. Hatch position is booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information through a wide array of systems, including social networking sites.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly participate in Trip 71 team members, featuring 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 also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend roughly 6 months aboard the orbital outstation accelerating medical research study as Expedition 71/72 workers members prior to going back to Earth in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Expedition 72, two brand new crews will certainly arrive aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and get the most recent spaceport station crew updates on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More about International Spaceport station 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.