.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they are going to join the Expedition 71 staff earlier clinical investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage will definitely stream on NASA+, the NASA application, and the organization's web site. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information by means of a selection of systems including social media.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the place, the space probe is going to instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet component. Quickly after, hatches will definitely open in between the space probe and also the place.As soon as aboard, the triad will definitely participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is actually as follows (perpetuity Eastern and also subject to change based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous and also docking protection starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's internet site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and also appreciated remarks protection starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's web site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will definitely invest roughly six months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Exploration 71 as well as 72 crew participants prior to coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This will definitely be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and also the 2nd for Vagner.For more than 20 years, folks have actually stayed as well as functioned continuously aboard the International Space Station, evolving technology, and also bring in research study discoveries that are actually not achievable on Earth. The place is actually an important testbed for NASA to comprehend as well as overcome the problems of long-duration spaceflight as well as to expand office chances in reduced Planet track. As industrial companies concentrate on offering individual space transport services and destinations as part of a sturdy low Planet track economic condition, NASA is actually concentrating a lot more sources on profound room missions to the Moon as part of Artemis to prepare for future individual purposes to Mars.Discover more concerning International Spaceport station investigation and operations 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.Sandra JonesJohnson Room Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.