Space

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, Crewmates Come To Space Station

.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit, accompanied by Roscosmos astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, got to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking its own lot of individuals to 12 for the 13-day handover time period.After a two-orbit, three-hour trip to the terminal, the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft immediately anchored to the orbiting research 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 insurance coverage of hatch position are going to stream at 5:30 p.m. on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's web site. Hatch opening is set up to begin at 5:50 p.m. Learn just how to stream NASA content through a variety of systems, including social networks.When aboard, the triad is going to join Expedition 71 staff members, featuring NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also 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 variation of Dyson, Chub, and off-going place commander Kononenko, completing a six-month visit for Dyson as well as a year-long exploration for Chub as well as Kononenko.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will devote approximately 6 months aboard the periodic outstation accelerating clinical analysis as Trip 71/72 workers members before returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This is actually Pettit and Ovchinin's 4th spaceflight and Vagner's second.During Expedition 72, 2 brand new staffs will definitely come in aboard the spaceport station, including NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 launching in September, followed by Crew-10, planned for launch in February 2025..Comply With Pettit on X throughout his objective as well as receive the most up to date spaceport station crew updates on Instagram, Facebook, as well as X.Discover More about International Space Station investigation as well as 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111leah.d.cheshier@nasa.gov.