.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own number of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately dropped anchor to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) 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, as well as the organization's web site. Hatch opening is actually arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA information through a wide array of platforms, consisting of social networking sites.Once aboard, the triad is going to participate in Expedition 71 team participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely devote around six months aboard the orbital outpost evolving scientific analysis as Exploration 71/72 workers participants prior to coming back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.Throughout Exploration 72, pair of new teams will definitely get there aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his purpose and obtain the latest space station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station study and 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.