.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its own amount of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component 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 definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's internet site. Hatch opening is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with an assortment of systems, consisting of social networks.The moment aboard, the triad is going to participate in Trip 71 workers members, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly devote about six months aboard the periodic outpost advancing clinical investigation as Trip 71/72 team participants prior to going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During the course of Trip 72, 2 brand-new staffs will definitely get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his mission and also obtain the most recent space station team information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station investigation and operations 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.