.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will definitely introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, accompanied by astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will participate in the Trip 71 crew earlier scientific research study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will certainly take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage is going to stream on NASA+, the NASA app, as well as the agency's site. Discover exactly how to stream NASA content with a selection of systems featuring social media sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the spacecraft is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element. Quickly after, hatches will definitely open up in between the spacecraft and the place.When aboard, the trio will certainly join 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 insurance coverage is as follows (all times Eastern as well as subject to change based on real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Release coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and also docking coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening as well as invited opinions coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will definitely invest approximately six months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Trip 71 and also 72 team participants prior to coming back to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This are going to be actually the fourth spaceflight for Pettit as well as Ovchinin, and also the 2nd for Vagner.For more than 20 years, individuals have actually resided and worked regularly aboard the International Space Station, evolving accurate knowledge, and bring in research breakthroughs that are certainly not achievable in the world. The place is a vital testbed for NASA to comprehend as well as eliminate the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight and to extend industrial chances in reduced Planet track. As commercial providers concentrate on giving human space transit solutions as well as locations as component of a strong low The planet orbit economic climate, NASA is actually focusing more sources on deep space objectives to the Moon as part of Artemis to prepare for potential individual goals to Mars.Learn more about International Space Station investigation and also functions 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.