.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will certainly launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space capsule, alonged with cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will definitely sign up with the Expedition 71 workers in advancing scientific study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also Vagner is going to ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection will definitely stream on NASA+, the NASA application, and also the agency's internet site. Know exactly how to stream NASA material through a range of systems featuring social networks.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the station, the space probe is going to immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module. Shortly after, hatches will open between the spacecraft and the place.As soon as aboard, the trio will sign up with NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, as well as Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's coverage is as adheres to (perpetuity Eastern and conditional based upon real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's site.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous and docking insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and welcome statements protection starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the firm's web site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will certainly spend about 6 months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Trip 71 and also 72 workers participants before returning to Planet in the spring season of 2025. This will be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit as well as Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For greater than 20 years, folks have actually resided and also functioned constantly aboard the International Space Station, progressing accurate knowledge, as well as making analysis innovations that are actually certainly not achievable on Earth. The station is a vital testbed for NASA to recognize as well as beat the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight and also to broaden business chances in reduced The planet track. As industrial firms concentrate on delivering human room transportation companies and locations as component of a robust low The planet track economy, NASA is actually focusing much more resources on serious room goals to the Moon as portion of Artemis to prepare for future individual goals to Mars.Discover more regarding International Space Station 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.