.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its number of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically anchored to the orbiting 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 opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the agency's internet site. Hatch opening is planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA material with a selection of systems, consisting of social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will join Trip 71 staff participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely invest about 6 months aboard the orbital outpost evolving clinical research as Expedition 71/72 crew participants just before coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Trip 72, pair of brand-new teams will come in aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his mission and also obtain the most recent space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More concerning International Space Station investigation and 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.