.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its own lot of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly docked to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will certainly flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's site. Hatch opening is actually planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn how to flow NASA material through a selection of systems, featuring social media sites.The moment aboard, the trio will join Trip 71 crew participants, consisting of NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place leader Kononenko, completing a six-month stay for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will devote around 6 months aboard the periodic station evolving clinical analysis as Trip 71/72 crew participants just before coming back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's 2nd.During Expedition 72, two brand new crews are going to come in aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, observed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his objective and also obtain the latest space station team headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Discover More regarding International Spaceport station research as well as 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.