.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft 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) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch opening are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's site. Hatch position is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with a wide array of systems, consisting of social networks.Once aboard, the triad is going to sign up with Exploration 71 staff members, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will certainly devote approximately six months aboard the periodic outstation advancing scientific research study as Exploration 71/72 team participants prior to coming back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, two new staffs will definitely come in aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his mission and get the latest space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More about International Spaceport station research and also functions 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.