.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft 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 position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site. Hatch opening is booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA content with a selection of platforms, consisting of social media sites.Once aboard, the trio will certainly join Exploration 71 staff participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend roughly 6 months aboard the periodic station accelerating medical research study as Trip 71/72 crew members before returning to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's second.Throughout Trip 72, pair of brand new teams are going to get here aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his objective as well as acquire the most recent space station team updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station analysis 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.