.NASA astronaut Don Pettit are going to release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, accompanied by astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they are going to participate in the Exploration 71 staff earlier clinical research study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage is going to flow on NASA+, the NASA app, and the agency's internet site. Find out exactly how to flow NASA content via a range of platforms consisting of social media sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the station, the space capsule is going to immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module. Shortly after, hatches will definitely open in between the spacecraft and also the station.As soon as aboard, the trio is going to sign up with NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is as observes (all times Eastern and also subject to change based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's website.12:23 p.m.-- Release.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point as well as docking coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and also invited comments protection starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the company's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will definitely spend about six months aboard the periodic research laboratory as Expedition 71 and also 72 crew members prior to returning to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This will be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and the second for Vagner.For much more than two decades, folks have actually resided and worked regularly aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating accurate knowledge, as well as making analysis breakthroughs that are actually not feasible on Earth. The place is actually a crucial testbed for NASA to understand as well as conquer the challenges of long-duration spaceflight as well as to extend business options in reduced Earth track. As commercial companies focus on delivering individual area transportation services and destinations as part of a sturdy low Planet orbit economic condition, NASA is concentrating a lot more resources on deep room missions to the Moon as aspect of Artemis in preparation for future human missions to Mars.Learn more concerning International Space Station study and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.