.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its own lot of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting lab's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's website. Hatch opening is actually booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA material by means of a variety of platforms, featuring social networking sites.The moment aboard, the triad will definitely participate in Expedition 71 team participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely devote approximately six months aboard the orbital station progressing clinical investigation as Trip 71/72 team members before going back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, two new staffs will certainly show up aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his objective and get the most up to date space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station research and also 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.