.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its amount of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft 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 stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's internet site. Hatch opening is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA content through an assortment of systems, featuring social networks.The moment aboard, the trio will definitely sign up with Expedition 71 staff participants, consisting of NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outpost progressing medical study as Exploration 71/72 team members just before returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, 2 brand-new staffs will certainly show up aboard the spaceport station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also receive the most up to date spaceport station staff news on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More concerning International Spaceport station analysis as well as operations at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- edge-.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.