.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its own variety of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the organization's website. Hatch position is scheduled to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA information through a selection of platforms, featuring social networks.As soon as aboard, the triad is going to sign up with Exploration 71 crew members, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote about 6 months aboard the periodic station advancing medical analysis as Exploration 71/72 crew participants before coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, two brand-new crews are going to come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also acquire the current space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more about International Space Station investigation and functions 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.