.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its number of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time frame.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule instantly anchored to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module 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 insurance coverage of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the company's website. Hatch position is actually set up to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA information with an assortment of platforms, including social networking sites.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Exploration 71 staff members, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital outpost progressing scientific investigation as Trip 71/72 workers members before coming back to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Expedition 72, two brand new crews will get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal as well as receive the most up to date space station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More regarding International Spaceport station investigation and also functions 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.