Expedition 71 Soyuz MS-25 Launch in Kazakhstan | International Space Station

Expedition 71 Soyuz MS-25 Launch in Kazakhstan | International Space Station

The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station

Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, top, Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, middle, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft for launch, Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked 

Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Russia waves as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked 

Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya gives a thumbs up as she waits to have her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked 

Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Russia, and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, right, wave as they depart the Cosmonaut Hotel to suit-up for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station

A Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle launched the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 23, 2024, at 12:36 UTC (17:36 local time, 08:36 EDT). Soyuz MS-25, with Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Russia, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya, is scheduled to autonomously dock to the Prichal module of the International Space Station (ISS) on March 25, 2024, at 15:09 UTC (11:09 EDT). 

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Date: March 23, 2024

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