.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they are going to join the Expedition 71 workers in advancing clinical study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection will certainly stream on NASA+, the NASA application, and also the company's site. Learn exactly how to flow NASA content with a variety of platforms featuring social networks.After a two-orbit, three-hour velocity to the station, the spacecraft is going to immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element. Quickly after, hatches will open between the space capsule and also the station.The moment aboard, the trio will definitely join NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is as follows (all times Eastern and also conditional based upon real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Release coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's site.12:23 p.m.-- Release.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the organization's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position as well as welcome comments insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the agency's internet site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will devote about six months aboard the orbital lab as Expedition 71 and also 72 staff members just before returning to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This will be actually the 4th spaceflight for Pettit as well as Ovchinin, as well as the second for Vagner.For greater than twenty years, people have resided and functioned regularly aboard the International Spaceport station, evolving scientific knowledge, and also making research developments that are actually not achievable in the world. The place is actually an important testbed for NASA to comprehend and conquer the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight and to grow commercial options in reduced Earth orbit. As office business concentrate on giving human room transit companies and also places as component of a strong reduced The planet track economy, NASA is concentrating a lot more sources on serious space objectives to the Moon as portion of Artemis to prepare for potential human goals to Mars.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station investigation and also 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.