.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its amount of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position will definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the organization's web site. Hatch opening is actually arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA content through a variety of systems, consisting of social networking sites.As soon as aboard, the trio will participate in Exploration 71 team participants, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely spend approximately 6 months aboard the orbital station accelerating clinical analysis as Exploration 71/72 team participants prior to coming back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.In the course of Trip 72, two new workers will arrive aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his mission and also get the latest space station staff updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more about International Spaceport station research 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.