.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will definitely join the Trip 71 workers in advancing clinical analysis.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 certainly stream on NASA+, the NASA application, as well as the organization's internet site. Know exactly how to flow NASA content with a variety of platforms featuring social networks.After a two-orbit, three-hour path to the station, the space capsule is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element. Shortly after, hatches will definitely open up between the spacecraft as well as the station.The moment aboard, the triad will definitely participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is actually as adheres to (all times Eastern as well as conditional based on real-time procedures):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and docking insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's website.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and also welcome statements insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the company's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will invest approximately 6 months aboard the orbital laboratory as Expedition 71 as well as 72 team participants before coming back to Planet in the spring of 2025. This will certainly be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit as well as Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For much more than twenty years, people have resided and functioned continually aboard the International Space Station, advancing technology, and also creating research study advancements that are actually certainly not feasible on Earth. The place is an essential testbed for NASA to comprehend and conquer the problems of long-duration spaceflight as well as to grow commercial chances in reduced Planet track. As commercial companies concentrate on offering individual space transit solutions as well as destinations as portion of a sturdy low Earth orbit economic situation, NASA is concentrating extra information on deep space goals to the Moon as portion of Artemis to prepare for potential human objectives to Mars.Find out more about International Space Station research study 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 Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.