.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, bringing its own number of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe gone for 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 flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's internet site. Hatch position is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information through a range of systems, including social media sites.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Exploration 71 crew members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely spend roughly 6 months aboard the periodic station advancing clinical analysis as Expedition 71/72 staff participants before going back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, two new teams will certainly come in aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as obtain the latest space station workers news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More regarding International Spaceport station research study and 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.