LIVE BROADCAST of rocket launch: Belarusian flying into space!

A historic event is approaching! Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya is being seen away into space live! The launch of the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-25 manned spacecraft is scheduled for 16:21 Minsk time, and the live broadcast is organised. On board are Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, Marina Vasilevskaya who represents Belarus, and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson. The Soyuz spacecraft will dock to the Prichal module of the ISS Russian segment at 19:40 Minsk time.

Oleg and Marina will spend 12 days in orbit and return home on April 2nd on the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft together with Loral O'Hara. Tracey Dyson will work in space for 186 days and will land on September 23rd on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft together with Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub.