.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will definitely introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will certainly join the Exploration 71 workers beforehand scientific research study.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner will lift off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage will definitely flow on NASA+, the NASA application, as well as the firm's site. Find out exactly how to flow NASA material with a wide array of platforms including social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour path to the station, the space capsule will immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet element. Not long after, hatches will open up in between the spacecraft and the place.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is as complies with (perpetuity Eastern as well as subject to change based upon real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the company's website.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous as well as docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position as well as invited statements insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the agency's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The triad will devote approximately six months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Expedition 71 and 72 workers participants before coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This will definitely be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit as well as Ovchinin, as well as the second for Vagner.For greater than 20 years, folks have resided and also operated constantly aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating accurate knowledge, and making research study advancements that are not achievable on Earth. The station is a crucial testbed for NASA to understand and also conquer the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight as well as to grow office opportunities in low Earth orbit. As business companies focus on supplying human area transit companies as well as destinations as portion of a strong reduced Planet orbit economic climate, NASA is centering a lot more resources on serious area purposes to the Moon as component of Artemis to prepare for potential individual missions to Mars.Discover more about International Space Station research study 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.