Soyuz MS-25 with the first Belarusian woman on board docked to the ISS – Kommersant
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The manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-25, which was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on March 23, docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 18:02 Moscow time, follows from the broadcast on website Roscosmos. On board are Russian Oleg Novitsky, American Tracy Dyson and the first female cosmonaut from Belarus, Marina Vasilevskaya.
The Soyuz MS-25 flew to the ISS in 50 hours, completing 34 orbits around the Earth. Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya will stay at the station for 12 days and return on April 6 with American Loral O’Hara. Tracy Dyson will remain on the ISS until September and will return to Earth with Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub.
The ship’s launch was initially scheduled for March 21. 20 seconds before the start of the flight was moved due to a technical malfunction. March 23 at 15:36 Moscow time “Soyuz MS-25” started on the ISS.
About the reasons for postponing the launch – in the material “Kommersant FM” “Soyuz is changing its starting positions”.
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