.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's website. Hatch opening is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA web content by means of a range of platforms, consisting of social networks.Once aboard, the triad will certainly participate in Expedition 71 staff participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outpost advancing clinical research as Exploration 71/72 workers participants before returning to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During Expedition 72, 2 new staffs will certainly get there aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his mission as well as receive the most recent space station workers information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More regarding International Space Station investigation and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.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.