.NASA astronaut Don Pettit are going to launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will certainly sign up with the Expedition 71 team in advancing medical investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage is going to stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and also the organization's site. Discover just how to stream NASA material through an assortment of platforms consisting of social media.After a two-orbit, three-hour path to the place, the space capsule is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet element. Quickly after, hatches will certainly open between the space probe and the station.Once aboard, the trio will certainly join NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is actually as follows (perpetuity Eastern and conditional based upon real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Release.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and also docking protection starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and also appreciated statements coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The triad is going to devote around 6 months aboard the orbital lab as Trip 71 as well as 72 crew members prior to going back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This are going to be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For more than 20 years, people have actually stayed and also worked continuously aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating technology, and also making analysis discoveries that are certainly not achievable on Earth. The station is an important testbed for NASA to comprehend as well as beat the problems of long-duration spaceflight and also to grow office options in low Earth orbit. As office business pay attention to offering human area transport services as well as locations as component of a durable reduced The planet orbit economy, NASA is actually centering much more information on serious area missions to the Moon as part of Artemis in preparation for potential individual goals to Mars.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station investigation and 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.Sandra JonesJohnson Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.