.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's site. Hatch position is scheduled to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA material by means of an assortment of systems, featuring social networking sites.The moment aboard, the trio will certainly participate in Trip 71 crew members, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly spend around six months aboard the periodic outpost progressing scientific investigation as Expedition 71/72 crew participants prior to returning to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.Throughout Expedition 72, pair of new crews will show up aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and get the most up to date space station crew news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Find Out More concerning International Space Station analysis and also procedures 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.