.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its amount of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft 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 app, YouTube, and the company's site. Hatch opening is booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA web content with a variety of systems, including social media.Once aboard, the trio will participate in Trip 71 workers members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month stay for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outstation progressing clinical investigation as Trip 71/72 team members prior to returning to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, pair of brand new staffs will definitely get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and also acquire the most recent spaceport station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More concerning International Space Station study as well as operations 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.