.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit will definitely launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, alonged with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will definitely join the Expedition 71 team beforehand medical 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 opportunity) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Insurance coverage will flow on NASA+, the NASA application, and also the firm's web site. Know how to flow NASA information by means of a variety of systems featuring social networking sites.After a two-orbit, three-hour trail to the place, the spacecraft is going to immediately dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting research laboratory's Rassvet element. Quickly after, hatches will open in between the space probe and also the station.As soon as aboard, the triad will certainly participate in NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is actually as observes (all times Eastern and also conditional based upon real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Release insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA application, YouTube, and also the organization's internet site.12:23 p.m.-- Introduce.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point and docking insurance coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the firm's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position as well as appreciated comments coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the organization's site.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch opening.The triad will certainly invest around 6 months aboard the orbital laboratory as Exploration 71 as well as 72 staff participants prior to going back to Earth in the spring season of 2025. This will be actually the 4th spaceflight for Pettit as well as Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For much more than 20 years, people have actually stayed and functioned constantly aboard the International Space Station, evolving technology, and creating investigation advances that are not achievable on Earth. The place is actually an essential testbed for NASA to know as well as eliminate the challenges of long-duration spaceflight and also to extend office chances in low Earth orbit. As office firms focus on delivering human area transport services and also destinations as component of a strong low The planet track economic situation, NASA is actually focusing much more resources on serious room goals to the Moon as portion of Artemis in preparation for potential human missions to Mars.Find out more about International Spaceport station study and procedures 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 Space Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.