.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will certainly introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will definitely join the Expedition 71 crew in advancing scientific research.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage will definitely flow on NASA+, the NASA app, and the firm's web site. Learn how to flow NASA information via an assortment of platforms featuring social media sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour velocity to the place, the space capsule is going to immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component. Quickly after, hatches will definitely open in between the spacecraft and also the place.As soon as aboard, the trio will participate in NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is actually as adheres to (perpetuity Eastern and also subject to change based on real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and also docking insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the agency's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and also welcome remarks insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The triad will definitely devote around six months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Trip 71 and also 72 staff members prior to going back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This are going to be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and the second for Vagner.For greater than twenty years, people have actually resided and worked continuously aboard the International Spaceport station, evolving technology, as well as making analysis innovations that are actually certainly not feasible in the world. The place is actually an essential testbed for NASA to comprehend as well as overcome the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight and also to increase commercial possibilities in low Planet track. As office providers pay attention to supplying individual area transit services as well as destinations as component of a robust reduced The planet orbit economy, NASA is actually focusing extra information on deep space objectives to the Moon as portion of Artemis in preparation for future individual purposes to Mars.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station research study and procedures 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.Sandra JonesJohnson Area Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.