.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 space probe, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin as well as Ivan Vagner, to the International Spaceport Station where they will definitely participate in the Expedition 71 team in advancing scientific investigation.Pettit, Ovchinin, as well as Vagner is going to ascend at 12:23 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 11 (9:23 p.m. Baikonur opportunity) coming from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage will definitely stream on NASA+, the NASA application, as well as the organization's website. Discover exactly how to stream NASA content with a wide array of platforms including social media sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the spacecraft is going to instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting laboratory's Rassvet element. Soon after, hatches are going to open in between the spacecraft as well as the place.The moment aboard, the triad will definitely participate in NASA rocketeers Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, in addition to Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is actually as observes (all times Eastern and also subject to change based on real-time operations):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and the company's web site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Rendezvous as well as docking insurance coverage starts on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, as well as the firm's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch opening and welcome comments insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The triad is going to devote around 6 months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Expedition 71 and also 72 crew members prior to returning to The planet in the spring of 2025. This will certainly 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 stayed and also worked regularly aboard the International Space Station, accelerating scientific knowledge, as well as making analysis advancements that are certainly not achievable on Earth. The station is a vital testbed for NASA to comprehend and also get rid of the obstacles of long-duration spaceflight as well as to increase business options in reduced Earth track. As business business concentrate on providing individual area transportation services and destinations as part of a durable reduced Planet track economic situation, NASA is actually centering more resources on deep area missions to the Moon as component of Artemis in preparation for potential individual purposes to Mars.Find out more concerning International Space Station analysis and also 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.