.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 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 will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's site. Hatch position is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information through a selection of platforms, featuring social networking sites.The moment aboard, the triad will definitely join Exploration 71 team members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely invest about six months aboard the periodic station advancing scientific analysis as Exploration 71/72 staff members before coming back to Earth in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, pair of brand new crews will show up aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and obtain the most up to date spaceport station staff headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station study and also operations 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.