MOSCOW, July 23 The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft with a Belarusian cosmonaut on board will leave for the ISS on March 13, 2024, according to Cosmonaut Training Center (CTC) named after Gagarin.
Earlier, Roskosmos reported that Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya was included in the crew of the 21st visiting expedition, Anastasia Lenkova was appointed as her understudy.
«»Ship launch The Soyuz MS-25 with the crew of the 21st visiting expedition is scheduled for March 13, 2024,» the Telegram channel said.
The CTC clarified that the training will take eight months and will include studying the systems of the Soyuz manned transport spacecraft, the Russian segment of the ISS, training on crew actions in the event of an emergency landing in various climatic and geographical zones, and other types of training.
Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya will spend 12 days on the ISS and return to Earth on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft together with NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara, while Tracey Dyson will continue the flight at the station.
The composition of the crews for training for flights to the ISS in the fall of 2023 and in the spring of 2024 was determined by the interdepartmental commission at Roscosmos. 0.html» data-title=»South Africa wants to send two women to the ISS»>