.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its own variety of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe immediately anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site. Hatch position is planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA web content via an assortment of platforms, featuring social networking sites.Once aboard, the trio is going to participate in Expedition 71 staff members, consisting of 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 begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly devote about 6 months aboard the periodic station accelerating medical study as Exploration 71/72 team participants prior to coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.Throughout Trip 72, two brand new workers are going to come in aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose as well as receive the latest space station staff headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More regarding International Space Station investigation 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.