.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its amount of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's web site. Hatch position is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA web content via a selection of platforms, featuring social networking sites.As soon as aboard, the trio will definitely sign up with Expedition 71 crew members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month stay for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to spend roughly six months aboard the periodic outstation advancing medical research study as Trip 71/72 crew participants before coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, 2 brand-new teams are going to come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and acquire the current spaceport station workers updates on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station study and also functions 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.