.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, carrying its number of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft automatically anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's site. Hatch position is actually planned to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA information with a selection of platforms, including social media.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly participate in Expedition 71 team participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will certainly spend around six months aboard the orbital station advancing clinical research as Trip 71/72 crew members just before coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's 2nd.During Trip 72, two brand-new workers are going to get here aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his purpose and get the latest space station workers news on Instagram, Facebook, and also X.Find Out More concerning International Spaceport station research and 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.