Russian spacecraft MS-25 launched into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome

The Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-25, carrying two Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut, was sent into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on its second attempt.

The moment the Soyuz MS-25 was launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was broadcast live on the official websites of the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos.

With the launch, which took place at 15:36 TSI (Turkey Standard Time), Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya were sent to the International Space Station (ISS).

THE JOURNEY LASTED 50 HOURS

The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying the crew is expected to dock with Russia's Prichal research module at the ISS on March 25 at 18:10 TSI, following a space journey lasting 50 hours and 34 minutes.

For the Russian cosmonaut Novitskiy, this is his fourth space flight, for the American astronaut Dyson her third, and for the Belarusian Vasilevskaya her first.

Vasilevskaya, who works as a flight attendant for the Belarusian airline Belavia, thus became the first female cosmonaut from Belarus to go to space and the first cosmonaut from her country to travel to space since its independence.

Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya from the crew are planned to return to Earth in 12 days, on April 2, while American astronaut Dyson is scheduled to return on September 23.

The launch of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, which was planned to be sent into space on March 21, was automatically canceled 20 seconds before liftoff, and Roscosmos General Director Yuriy Borisov reported that the flight was canceled due to a voltage drop in the chemical power source.