.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will definitely introduce aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will definitely join the Expedition 71 workers in advancing clinical study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner will definitely ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Coverage is going to stream on NASA+, the NASA application, as well as the company's web site. Know exactly how to stream NASA web content by means of a range of platforms consisting of social networks.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the space capsule will automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet component. Quickly after, hatches will certainly open between the spacecraft and the station.Once aboard, the trio will definitely participate in NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, and also Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is actually as complies with (perpetuity Eastern and subject to change based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the organization's website.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous and docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and also welcome opinions coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will definitely devote about six months aboard the orbital lab as Exploration 71 and also 72 crew participants just before returning to Earth in the springtime of 2025. This will be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, as well as the second for Vagner.For greater than 20 years, folks have stayed and also operated regularly aboard the International Space Station, progressing scientific knowledge, and creating analysis advancements that are not achievable in the world. The place is a critical testbed for NASA to know as well as get over the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight and to broaden commercial possibilities in reduced Planet orbit. As industrial firms concentrate on giving human space transportation services as well as locations as component of a sturdy low Earth orbit economic condition, NASA is actually focusing more resources on serious room purposes to the Moon as aspect of Artemis in preparation for future individual objectives to Mars.Find out more regarding International Space Station research study 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 Room Center, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.