{"id":636404,"date":"2024-03-23T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T13:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=636404"},"modified":"2024-03-26T11:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:08:35","slug":"nasa-astronaut-tracy-dyson-crewmates-safely-en-route-to-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-tracy-dyson-crewmates-safely-en-route-to-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson, Crewmates Safely En Route to Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324-e41242.jpg?resize=2000,1334 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, onboard, Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Bill Ingalls<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Three crew members including NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson successfully launched at 8:36 a.m. EDT Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dyson, along with her crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, will dock to the space station\u2019s Prichal module about 11:09 a.m. on Monday, March 25, on the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Docking coverage will begin at 10:15 a.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/soyuz-ms-25-space-station-docking\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA+<\/a>, NASA Television, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/apps\/\">NASA app<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASA\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, and the <a>agency\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/\">website<\/a>. NASA also will air coverage, starting at 1:15 p.m., of the crew welcome ceremony on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/soyuz-ms-25-space-station-hatch-opening-and-welcome-remarks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA+<\/a> once they are aboard the orbital outpost. Learn how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/how-to-stream-nasa-tv\/\">stream NASA TV<\/a> through a variety of platforms including social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the hatches between the station and the Soyuz open about 1:40 p.m., the new crew members will join NASA astronauts Loral O\u2019Hara, Matthew Dominick, Mike Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, and Alexander Grebenkin, already living and working aboard the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya will be aboard the station for 12 days, before providing the ride home for O\u2019Hara on Saturday, April 6, aboard Soyuz MS-24 for a parachute-assisted landing on steppe of Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dyson will spend six months aboard the station as an Expedition 70 and 71 flight <a>engineer<\/a>, returning to Earth in September with Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos, who will complete a year-long mission on the laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the third spaceflight for Dyson, the fourth for Novitskiy, and the first for Vasilevskaya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about space station activities at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joshua Finch<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1100<br><a href=\"mailto:joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandra Jones<br>Johnson Space Center, Houston<br>281-483-5111<br><a href=\"mailto:sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov\">sandra.p.jones@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container 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Dyson, along with her crewmates Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, will dock to the space station\u2019s Prichal module about 11:09 a.m. on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":504,"featured_media":636418,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"504","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":["283564","283575"],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"24-044","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2656,2735,11285,3406],"news-tags":[12376],"internal-terms":[3995,5582],"coauthors":[12855],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"NASA Astronaut Tracy Dyson, Crewmates Safely En Route to Space Station","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-tracy-dyson-crewmates-safely-en-route-to-space-station\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-astronaut-tracy-dyson-crewmates-safely-en-route-to-space-station\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/soyuz032324.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer M. 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