.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will definitely introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will sign up with the Expedition 71 team ahead of time scientific investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to 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 definitely stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and the firm's internet site. Know how to stream NASA web content with a selection of platforms consisting of social media sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the station, the space probe will instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element. Quickly after, hatches are going to open in between the space probe as well as the station.The moment aboard, the triad is going to sign up with NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is actually as complies with (perpetuity Eastern as well as conditional based upon real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch protection begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's website.12:23 p.m.-- Release.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point as well as docking coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the firm's site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and invited comments protection begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the company's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will spend approximately 6 months aboard the periodic laboratory as Exploration 71 and 72 crew members before coming back to Planet in the springtime of 2025. This will definitely be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and also the 2nd for Vagner.For much more than 20 years, people have stayed and operated continually aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating scientific knowledge, and bring in study developments that are certainly not possible on Earth. The station is actually a critical testbed for NASA to know and also get rid of the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight as well as to expand industrial chances in reduced Earth orbit. As business business focus on giving individual area transit services as well as locations as part of a strong reduced The planet track economic situation, NASA is centering a lot more sources on deep room objectives to the Moon as aspect of Artemis in preparation for future human missions to Mars.Find out more concerning International Spaceport station research study and also 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.