.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its variety 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 probe instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's web site. Hatch opening is actually arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA material by means of a selection of platforms, including social media.Once aboard, the triad will certainly participate in Trip 71 staff members, consisting of 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 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will devote roughly six months aboard the orbital outstation advancing medical research study as Exploration 71/72 team participants before coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Trip 72, 2 brand-new crews are going to get there aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also acquire the most recent spaceport station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More about International Space Station investigation and also procedures 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.