.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its own number of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the company's web site. Hatch opening is actually planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA content with a range of systems, featuring social media.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Expedition 71 team participants, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month remain for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will devote around six months aboard the orbital outstation progressing scientific study as Expedition 71/72 crew participants just before going back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Expedition 72, pair of brand-new workers will get here aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal and also receive the latest space station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station research as well as 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.