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NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station

.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, alonged with Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, got to the International Spaceport Station Wednesday, carrying its own variety of locals to 12 for the 13-day handover duration.After a two-orbit, three-hour experience to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe instantly docked to the orbiting laboratory'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) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.NASA's insurance coverage of hatch position are going to flow at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's website. Hatch opening is actually set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to flow NASA content with a wide array of systems, featuring social networks.The moment aboard, the trio is going to participate in Trip 71 staff participants, including NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko. Exploration 72 is going to start Monday, Sept. 23, upon the variation 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 Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner will definitely devote around six months aboard the orbital station progressing medical research as Exploration 71/72 team participants just before returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is Pettit as well as Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and also Vagner's 2nd.During Exploration 72, pair of new workers will show up aboard the space station, consisting of NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 releasing in September, complied with by Crew-10, set up for launch in February 2025..Adhere To Pettit on X throughout his goal and receive the most up to date spaceport station staff information on Instagram, Facebook, and X.Learn more about International Spaceport station study and also 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.