.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will certainly introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, alonged with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will sign up with the Exploration 71 staff in advancing scientific research.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage will certainly stream on NASA+, the NASA application, and also the organization's site. Know exactly how to flow NASA information by means of a wide array of systems featuring social media.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the space probe is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet component. Quickly after, hatches are going to open up in between the space probe as well as the place.As soon as aboard, the trio will certainly participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is actually as follows (perpetuity Eastern and subject to change based upon real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Release insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's website.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and also docking protection starts 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 opinions insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio is going to invest about six months aboard the periodic laboratory as Trip 71 as well as 72 staff participants just before going back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This will definitely be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and also the second for Vagner.For more than 20 years, people have actually stayed and worked constantly aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge, and also making research study advancements that are actually certainly not possible on Earth. The place is actually a crucial testbed for NASA to understand and eliminate the challenges of long-duration spaceflight as well as to broaden industrial opportunities in reduced Planet orbit. As industrial providers pay attention to delivering individual room transport solutions and destinations as component of a durable reduced Earth orbit economic condition, NASA is actually focusing extra resources on deep area goals to the Moon as component of Artemis to prepare for potential human objectives to Mars.Discover more regarding International Spaceport station investigation and procedures at:.https://www.nasa.gov/station.- side-.Joshua Finch/ Claire O'SheaHeadquarters, Washington202-358-1100joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov/ claire.a.o'shea@nasa.gov.Sandra JonesJohnson Space Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.