.NASA astronaut Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, came to the International Space Station Wednesday, delivering its number of citizens to 12 for the 13-day handover period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the station, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe automatically dropped anchor to the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module at 3:32 p.m. EDT. The space probe 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 definitely stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's website. Hatch position is booked to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn exactly how to flow NASA material with a variety of platforms, including social media.When aboard, the trio will participate in Trip 71 workers participants, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko. Trip 72 will definitely start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the departure of Dyson, Chub, and off-going station leader Kononenko, accomplishing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub and Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will spend roughly 6 months aboard the periodic outpost evolving medical study as Trip 71/72 team members just before returning to Planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit and also Ovchinin's fourth spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, two brand new staffs will definitely arrive aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, followed by Crew-10, booked for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his objective and acquire the current space station staff headlines on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Find Out More about International Spaceport station investigation and 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.