.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its own number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's web site. Hatch position is booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA information by means of an assortment of systems, including social media sites.As soon as aboard, the trio will join Trip 71 staff participants, featuring 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 Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly spend about 6 months aboard the periodic outstation accelerating scientific analysis as Exploration 71/72 workers members prior to going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's second.In the course of Trip 72, 2 brand-new workers will show up aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his mission and also obtain the latest space station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Find Out More about International Spaceport station investigation 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.