.NASA astronaut Don Pettit are going to introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will certainly join the Expedition 71 team ahead of time clinical investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection will stream on NASA+, the NASA app, as well as the company's site. Find out just how to stream NASA web content by means of a wide array of systems consisting of social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the space probe will automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element. Soon after, hatches will definitely open in between the space probe and also the place.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly join NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is as follows (all times Eastern and also subject to change based on real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and invited comments protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The triad will definitely spend around 6 months aboard the orbital lab as Expedition 71 and also 72 staff participants just before returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This will certainly be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, and also the second for Vagner.For greater than twenty years, individuals have resided as well as operated regularly aboard the International Space Station, progressing accurate knowledge, and also creating research study discoveries that are not feasible in the world. The station is actually a crucial testbed for NASA to recognize as well as overcome the challenges of long-duration spaceflight as well as to extend business options in low The planet orbit. As business companies pay attention to offering individual space transit solutions and also locations as part of a strong reduced Planet orbit economy, NASA is actually concentrating more resources on deep room purposes to the Moon as component of Artemis to prepare for potential human goals to Mars.Find out more about International Spaceport station investigation 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.