.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will definitely launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, alonged with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they are going to participate in the Exploration 71 crew in advancing medical analysis.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will certainly lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage will flow on NASA+, the NASA application, and also the company's website. Know how to stream NASA web content with a selection of systems consisting of social media.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the place, the space probe is going to instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet module. Not long after, hatches will definitely open between the space probe as well as the place.Once aboard, the triad will definitely participate in 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.NASA's insurance coverage is as adheres to (perpetuity Eastern and conditional based on real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Release.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and also docking protection starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and also invited comments protection starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio is going to spend about 6 months aboard the orbital lab as Trip 71 as well as 72 staff participants prior to going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This are going to be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For much more than two decades, folks have actually lived and operated regularly aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge, and also bring in research discoveries that are certainly not feasible on Earth. The station is actually a crucial testbed for NASA to comprehend and conquer the problems of long-duration spaceflight as well as to increase office opportunities in reduced Earth track. As office companies concentrate on offering individual space transit solutions as well as places as component of a robust low Earth orbit economic situation, NASA is focusing much more sources on serious area missions to the Moon as aspect of Artemis in preparation for future individual goals to Mars.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research study and also functions 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.