.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit are going to introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, accompanied by astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will participate in the Exploration 71 crew ahead of time medical investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage will certainly stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and also the firm's internet site. Find out exactly how to flow NASA material via a selection of platforms including social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour path to the place, the space capsule will instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet module. Quickly after, hatches will definitely open up in between the spacecraft as well as the station.The moment aboard, the triad will join NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is as observes (all times Eastern and subject to change based upon real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Release protection starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's website.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous and also docking coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's internet site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and also welcome remarks coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The triad will definitely devote about six months aboard the periodic research laboratory as Trip 71 and 72 team members before going back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This will certainly be actually the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and also the second for Vagner.For greater than 20 years, people have resided and worked constantly aboard the International Spaceport station, advancing technology, and bring in research study innovations that are actually certainly not achievable on Earth. The place is an essential testbed for NASA to understand and get rid of the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight and to broaden business chances in low The planet track. As business providers concentrate on supplying individual space transport solutions and locations as portion of a durable reduced Earth orbit economic condition, NASA is focusing extra resources on serious area objectives to the Moon as component of Artemis to prepare for future individual goals to Mars.Find out more regarding International Spaceport station analysis as well as functions 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.