.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its amount of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically anchored to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule 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 are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's website. Hatch opening is booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA material through a variety of platforms, including social networks.When aboard, the triad will join Exploration 71 team participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will certainly devote about 6 months aboard the periodic outstation accelerating scientific research study as Exploration 71/72 workers members prior to coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's second.In the course of Exploration 72, 2 brand new crews are going to get here aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, adhered to by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and acquire the most recent spaceport station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More regarding International Space Station investigation and 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.