.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, reached the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its number of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically anchored to the orbiting lab's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The spacecraft launched at 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's site. Hatch opening is actually booked to start at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with a wide array of platforms, including social media.As soon as aboard, the trio will certainly participate in Expedition 71 workers participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going station commander Kononenko, finishing a six-month keep for Dyson as well as a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely invest approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outstation accelerating clinical research as Expedition 71/72 team participants before going back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Exploration 72, 2 new crews will certainly get there aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 introducing in September, observed through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose and also acquire the most up to date spaceport station staff headlines on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station research and also functions at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- end-.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.