.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly anchored 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) 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, as well as the organization's website. Hatch opening is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA content by means of a wide array of systems, including social media sites.The moment aboard, the trio will participate in Exploration 71 team members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital station advancing scientific research study as Expedition 71/72 workers participants prior to going back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During the course of Trip 72, pair of brand new staffs will definitely show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, complied with by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as get the current spaceport station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.