.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will definitely release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they are going to join the Exploration 71 staff earlier medical research.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection will flow on NASA+, the NASA app, as well as the company's website. Learn how to stream NASA material with a variety of systems featuring social media sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour velocity 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 definitely open in between the spacecraft and the place.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is actually as observes (perpetuity Eastern as well as subject to change based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Release protection begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the company's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and also docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the organization's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening as well as appreciated opinions insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, as well as the agency's site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will certainly invest roughly six months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Exploration 71 and 72 workers participants before coming back to Earth in the spring of 2025. This are going to be actually the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For much more than 20 years, individuals have actually resided and also worked continually aboard the International Spaceport station, progressing accurate knowledge, and making research study discoveries that are not achievable on Earth. The place is a crucial testbed for NASA to comprehend and beat the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight and to increase commercial chances in reduced The planet track. As office companies focus on giving human area transport solutions and also destinations as part of a robust reduced Planet track economy, NASA is actually focusing more resources on deep space missions to the Moon as part of Artemis in preparation for potential individual missions to Mars.Learn more about International Spaceport station research study and operations 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 Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.