.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its variety of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening will certainly stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's web site. Hatch position is actually booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content by means of an assortment of systems, including social networks.As soon as aboard, the trio will participate in Trip 71 crew participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going place leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to devote roughly six months aboard the orbital outpost accelerating clinical research as Exploration 71/72 workers members prior to coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, two new staffs will definitely show up aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and acquire the latest space station workers information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research as well as functions 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.