.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own amount of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's site. Hatch position is arranged to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA content via a variety of platforms, including social media sites.Once aboard, the trio is going to sign up with Expedition 71 team members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will certainly spend around 6 months aboard the periodic outpost advancing scientific study as Exploration 71/72 team members prior to coming back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.Throughout Expedition 72, pair of brand new workers will certainly show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his mission and also obtain the most up to date spaceport station team information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More about International Spaceport station research as well as 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.