.NASA rocketeer Don Pettit are going to launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft, accompanied by cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and also Ivan Vagner, to the International Space Station where they will definitely join the Expedition 71 staff earlier medical research study.Pettit, Ovchinin, and also 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.Protection will definitely flow on NASA+, the NASA app, and the agency's internet site. Know just how to stream NASA information with an assortment of platforms consisting of social media.After a two-orbit, three-hour trajectory to the station, the space probe is going to instantly dock at 3:33 p.m. at the orbiting lab's Rassvet element. Shortly after, hatches will definitely open up between the space capsule and also the place.Once aboard, the triad will join NASA astronauts Tracy C. Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, Butch Wilmore, and also Suni Williams, along with Roscosmos astronauts Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin, and also Oleg Kononenko.NASA's insurance coverage is actually as adheres to (all times Eastern and also subject to change based on real-time functions):.11:15 a.m.-- Introduce coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the firm's internet site.12:23 p.m.-- Launch.2:30 p.m.-- Gathering point as well as docking protection begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and also the company's web site.3:33 p.m.-- Docking.5:30 p.m.-- Hatch position and also appreciated remarks coverage begins on NASA+, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website.5:50 p.m.-- Hatch position.The triad is going to spend around 6 months aboard the orbital research laboratory as Expedition 71 and also 72 staff participants prior to coming back to The planet in the spring season of 2025. This will certainly be the 4th spaceflight for Pettit and Ovchinin, as well as the 2nd for Vagner.For greater than 20 years, folks have actually stayed and worked regularly aboard the International Spaceport station, accelerating scientific knowledge, and also bring in research advances that are certainly not feasible in the world. The place is a crucial testbed for NASA to know and also beat the problems of long-duration spaceflight and also to expand office options in reduced Planet orbit. As business providers pay attention to delivering individual area transit services and also locations as aspect of a durable reduced The planet track economic situation, NASA is actually focusing more resources on deep space purposes to the Moon as aspect of Artemis to prepare for future individual missions to Mars.Discover more concerning International Spaceport station study and operations 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 Room Facility, Houston281-483-5111sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov.