.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its amount of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe 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 position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's site. Hatch position is booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content through a selection of systems, consisting of social networks.As soon as aboard, the triad will definitely participate in Expedition 71 crew participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to invest around six months aboard the periodic outstation progressing medical investigation as Trip 71/72 workers members prior to coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Expedition 72, 2 brand-new crews will come in aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed through Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and get the most recent space station team information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More about International Space Station research study as well as 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.