.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its lot of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's internet site. Hatch position is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA web content through a wide array of platforms, including social media sites.The moment aboard, the trio will definitely join Expedition 71 workers members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outpost progressing scientific investigation as Exploration 71/72 workers participants just before going back to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Expedition 72, pair of new staffs will get here aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his mission as well as obtain the current spaceport station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More about International Spaceport station analysis and also operations 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.