.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its lot of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically 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 protection of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's site. Hatch position is planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA material by means of a variety of platforms, featuring social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will certainly join Trip 71 crew participants, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend around six months aboard the periodic outpost evolving clinical analysis as Trip 71/72 team members prior to coming back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Exploration 72, pair of brand-new staffs will certainly arrive aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his objective as well as receive the latest spaceport station crew headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More regarding International Spaceport station analysis as well as 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.