.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, delivering its number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component 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 protection of hatch position will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the agency's web site. Hatch opening is planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to stream NASA material by means of an assortment of platforms, including social networks.The moment aboard, the triad is going to sign up with Expedition 71 staff participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long trip for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will spend roughly 6 months aboard the periodic outstation advancing scientific investigation as Exploration 71/72 workers participants prior to coming back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During the course of Expedition 72, 2 brand new workers will get there aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his goal and also receive the most recent space station crew updates on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more regarding International Space Station investigation and also functions 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.