.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its own variety of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component 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 insurance coverage of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's site. Hatch position is booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA web content by means of an assortment of platforms, including social media sites.As soon as aboard, the trio is going to participate in Trip 71 workers participants, including NASA astronauts 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. Exploration 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely spend around 6 months aboard the orbital outpost evolving clinical research as Expedition 71/72 crew members prior to coming back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, two brand new crews will definitely show up aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and acquire the latest spaceport station workers news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station analysis as well as 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.Leah CheshierJohnson Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.