.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will definitely release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they are going to sign up with the Expedition 71 staff in advancing clinical research.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to ascend 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 flow on NASA+, the NASA app, and the agency's internet site. Discover exactly how to flow NASA web content through a variety of platforms consisting of social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour velocity to the place, the space capsule will instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component. Quickly after, hatches are going to open in between the spacecraft and also the place.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly join NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is as complies with (perpetuity Eastern and also conditional based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the agency's website.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous and docking coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the company's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening as well as appreciated statements insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the company's web site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will devote roughly 6 months aboard the periodic research laboratory as Trip 71 and also 72 staff participants just before returning to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This are going to be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, and the second for Vagner.For more than 20 years, folks have resided and also worked constantly aboard the International Space Station, accelerating technology, and also creating investigation discoveries that are actually not possible in the world. The place is actually a crucial testbed for NASA to understand and get rid of the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight as well as to extend office options in low Earth orbit. As office business focus on giving human space transit solutions as well as destinations as aspect of a strong reduced Planet track economic situation, NASA is actually concentrating a lot more information on deep space goals to the Moon as aspect of Artemis in preparation for future individual missions to Mars.Learn more about International Space Station research study as well as operations 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 Space Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.