.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its own number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically docked 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) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's web site. Hatch position is planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA web content with an assortment of systems, including social media sites.When aboard, the triad will definitely sign up with Expedition 71 crew participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month stay for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely spend roughly six months aboard the periodic outstation advancing scientific investigation as Exploration 71/72 crew members before coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, 2 brand-new workers are going to arrive aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal and obtain the latest spaceport station crew headlines on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More regarding International Space Station investigation as well as functions 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.