.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its lot of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe automatically anchored to the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) 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 also the organization's web site. Hatch position is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with a variety of platforms, featuring social media sites.Once aboard, the triad will certainly sign up with Expedition 71 staff participants, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 will begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month keep for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will spend approximately six months aboard the periodic station advancing medical analysis as Exploration 71/72 team members prior to going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This is actually Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, pair of brand new crews will definitely show up aboard the space station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, followed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his objective as well as receive the most up to date space station crew news on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more regarding International Space Station investigation and also 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.