.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its own lot of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch opening are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's site. Hatch opening is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with an assortment of systems, including social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will definitely join Trip 71 staff participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson and also a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely devote around 6 months aboard the orbital outpost advancing clinical study as Exploration 71/72 crew members before going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.In the course of Trip 72, pair of new teams will get here aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed through Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his objective and also get the current space station team news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More regarding International Space Station analysis and also 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 Area Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.