.NASA astronaut Don Pettit will certainly release aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will definitely participate in the Trip 71 crew in advancing medical research study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and Vagner is going to take off at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage will stream on NASA+, the NASA app, and the agency's website. Discover exactly how to flow NASA information with an assortment of systems featuring social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the place, the space capsule is going to automatically dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet module. Quickly after, hatches will definitely open up between the spacecraft and the station.When aboard, the triad will definitely join NASA astronauts 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 protection is as observes (all times Eastern and conditional based on real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Launch insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point as well as docking coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the organization's internet site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and appreciated statements coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the firm's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The trio will devote around 6 months aboard the orbital laboratory as Trip 71 and also 72 workers members before coming back to The planet in the springtime of 2025. This will certainly be the fourth spaceflight for Pettit and also Ovchinin, as well as the second for Vagner.For more than twenty years, individuals have actually resided and operated continually aboard the International Spaceport station, evolving technology, as well as bring in investigation advancements that are actually not possible in the world. The station is an important testbed for NASA to recognize and also eliminate the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight as well as to broaden business chances in low Planet orbit. As commercial companies focus on delivering individual space transport services and places as portion of a strong low The planet track economic condition, NASA is concentrating even more sources on deep room missions to the Moon as aspect of Artemis in preparation for potential human goals to Mars.Learn more regarding International Space Station study and 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 Area Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.