.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its number of homeowners to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour journey to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet component at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space capsule gone for 12:23 p.m. EDT (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's coverage of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's web site. Hatch position is planned to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA material with a wide array of platforms, featuring social networks.When aboard, the triad will certainly join Expedition 71 workers participants, including 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. Expedition 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long trip for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely invest roughly six months aboard the orbital outpost evolving scientific investigation as Expedition 71/72 team members before going back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.Throughout Trip 72, 2 brand new teams will definitely get here aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, complied with through Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his purpose as well as get the most up to date space station workers information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More about International Space Station analysis and also functions 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.