.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its number of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe 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 stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's internet site. Hatch position is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA material via a wide array of systems, consisting of social media sites.The moment aboard, the triad is going to participate in Trip 71 crew participants, including 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, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month stay for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will spend about 6 months aboard the periodic station accelerating clinical investigation as Exploration 71/72 staff members just before going back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, 2 brand-new staffs will definitely show up aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and receive the most up to date space station workers information on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research and operations 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.