.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will certainly release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they are going to participate in the Expedition 71 workers ahead of time scientific research study.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 time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Protection is going to flow on NASA+, the NASA app, and the company's internet site. Discover how to stream NASA content through an assortment of platforms featuring social networks.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the place, the spacecraft is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element. Shortly after, hatches will open up between the space probe and the place.The moment aboard, the triad will certainly join NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, as well as Oleg Kononenko.NASA's protection is as follows (perpetuity Eastern and conditional based upon real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the agency's internet site.12:23 p.m.-- Release.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous as well as docking coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's internet site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and welcome comments coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the company's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The trio will definitely spend around six months aboard the periodic lab as Trip 71 and also 72 team members prior to returning to Earth in the spring of 2025. This are going to be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, and also the second for Vagner.For more than 20 years, people have actually lived and functioned regularly aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating accurate knowledge, and also bring in research advances that are certainly not feasible in the world. The station is a vital testbed for NASA to comprehend and also get rid of the difficulties of long-duration spaceflight and also to expand office opportunities in reduced The planet track. As business providers concentrate on giving individual room transport companies as well as locations as component of a sturdy reduced Planet track economic condition, NASA is focusing extra resources on deep room goals to the Moon as component of Artemis in preparation for potential individual missions to Mars.Learn more concerning International Spaceport station research study and procedures 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.