.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, bringing its lot of residents to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule automatically dropped anchor 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 time) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch opening will definitely flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's website. Hatch opening is arranged to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA web content through a selection of systems, including social networks.When aboard, the trio is going to participate in Expedition 71 team members, including NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko. Expedition 72 is going to begin Monday, Sept. 23, upon the shift of Dyson, Chub, as well as off-going place leader Kononenko, finishing a six-month remain for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will invest approximately 6 months aboard the orbital station accelerating clinical research study as Exploration 71/72 crew participants prior to going back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.Throughout Exploration 72, two brand-new staffs are going to show up aboard the spaceport station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed by Crew-10, scheduled for launch in February 2025..Observe Pettit on X throughout his goal and also get the current space station crew information on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Learn more regarding International Spaceport station study 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.