.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own number 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 laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's web site. Hatch opening is set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA information with an assortment of platforms, consisting of social media.The moment aboard, the trio will definitely participate in Trip 71 workers participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts 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 station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will spend roughly 6 months aboard the orbital station advancing medical analysis as Trip 71/72 crew members before returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During the course of Expedition 72, two new crews will certainly get there aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his mission as well as get the most up to date spaceport station workers headlines on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More about International Space Station investigation and also 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.