.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, arrived at the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its amount of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour adventure to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule immediately docked to the orbiting laboratory'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 coverage of hatch opening will flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the agency's web site. Hatch opening is actually booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content via a wide array of systems, consisting of social media sites.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly join Trip 71 workers members, featuring NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will certainly begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, and also off-going station commander Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month stay for Dyson and also a year-long expedition for Chub and also Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely spend about six months aboard the periodic station progressing scientific research as Trip 71/72 team participants just before going back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight as well as Vagner's second.Throughout Exploration 72, 2 brand new workers will show up aboard the space station, featuring NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, observed by Crew-10, arranged for launch in February 2025..Follow Pettit on X throughout his goal and also obtain the most up to date space station team news on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more concerning International Space Station investigation and operations 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.