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Tomorrow, March 21, 2024, an event of historical proportions in modern Belarus will take place! From the Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station, the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS-25 will depart with a crew on board: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and the first female cosmonaut of the Republic of Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya!

The Belarusian cosmonaut's task is to spend 12 days on the International Space Station (ISS), where she will carry out a scientific program developed by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Roscosmos Corporation with the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Marina Vasilevskaya will participate in research related to potential interplanetary travel.

The commander of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft will be Oleg Novitsky, and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson will serve as the flight engineer. At the moment, the assembly of the rocket with a manned spacecraft has been completed at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Everything is ready for launch and flight into space.

In recent years, there has been an active development of space infrastructure in both Belarus and Russia. The Republic of Belarus is a full member of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, and also has three domestic satellites in orbit, which indicates the country's growing space activities.