Expedition 71 Pre-Launch Crew Press Conference in Kazakhstan: Part 1

Expedition 71 Pre-Launch Crew Press Conference in Kazakhstan: Part 1

Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy of Russia, and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 a the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson

Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya

Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya are seen in quarantine, behind glass, during a press conference, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Dyson, Novitskiy, and Belarusian cosmonaut Marina Vasilevskaya are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on Thursday, March 21. 

Dyson will spend approximately six months on the space station. Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya will spend approximately 12 days aboard the orbital complex.

Dyson will return to Earth in September on Soyuz MS-25 while Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya will return to Earth April 2 on Soyuz MS-24 along with NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, who has been aboard the orbital complex since last September.

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/tracy-caldwell-dyson-2/

Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Image Date: March 20, 2024

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