.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its lot of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour quest to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft instantly dropped anchor to the orbiting lab's Rassvet element at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's protection of hatch position will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's internet site. Hatch position is booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to stream NASA web content through a wide array of platforms, featuring social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will sign up with Exploration 71 team members, 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 also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson and a year-long expedition for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will spend about 6 months aboard the periodic station advancing clinical research as Expedition 71/72 staff members before going back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Trip 72, 2 brand new workers will certainly get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, adhered to through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and also receive the most up to date space station workers updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more about International Space 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.