{"id":633561,"date":"2024-03-18T13:55:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=press-release&p=633561"},"modified":"2024-03-22T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:14:06","slug":"nasa-sets-coverage-for-crew-launch-trio-to-join-expedition-70","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-sets-coverage-for-crew-launch-trio-to-join-expedition-70\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Sets Coverage for Crew Launch; Trio to Join Expedition 70"},"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\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg 4000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=900,599 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nasa-johnson-astronauts.jpg?resize=2000,1331 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\">NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center on Nov. 2, 2023<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: GCTC\/Andrey Shelepin<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Editor\u2019s note<\/em><\/strong><em>: <strong>This advisory was updated March 22, 2024, with new times for coverage following the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2024\/03\/21\/soyuz-ms-25-launch-scrubbed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">scrub<\/a> of the March 21 launch attempt.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three crew members will launch on Saturday,  March 23, to support Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. NASA will provide full coverage of launch and crew arrival at the microgravity laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, are scheduled to lift off on the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:36 a.m. EDT (5:36 p.m. Baikonur time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launch coverage will begin at 8 a.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/nasa-astronaut-tracy-dyson-launch-to-space-station\/\" 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>. 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>Dyson, Novitskiy, and Vasilevskaya will journey to the station on a trajectory that will result in a docking to the station\u2019s Prichal module at 11:09 a.m. on Monday, March 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after, hatches between the station and the Soyuz will open and the new crew members will connect with NASA astronauts  Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps and Loral O\u2019Hara, as well as Roscosmos cosmonauts Nikolai Chub, and Alexander Grebenkin and Oleg Kononenko, already living and working aboard the space station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous launch attempt of the Soyuz MS-25 on March 21 was automatically <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2024\/03\/21\/soyuz-ms-25-launch-scrubbed\/\" rel=\"noopener\">scrubbed<\/a> by ground support equipment due to low voltage reading in the Soyuz rocket electrical system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA coverage of the mission is as follows (all times Eastern and are subject to change based on real-time operations):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 23:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>8 a.m. \u2013 Launch coverage begins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8:36 a.m. \u2013 Launch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, March 25:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>10:15 a.m. \u2013 Rendezvous and docking coverage begins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11:09 a.m. \u2013 Docking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1:15 p.m. \u2013 Hatch opening and welcome remarks coverage begins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Novitskiy and Vasilevskaya will be aboard the station for 12 days, providing the ride home for O\u2019Hara on Saturday, April 6, aboard Soyuz MS-24 for a parachute-assisted landing on steppe of Kazakhstan. O\u2019Hara will have spent 204 days in space when she returns.<\/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>To read more about the International Space Station, its research, and crew, visit:<\/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 \/ Claire O\u2019Shea<br>Headquarters, Washington<br>202-358-1100<br><a href=\"http:\/\/joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov\" rel=\"noopener\">joshua.a.finch@nasa.gov<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/claire.a.o\u2019shea@nasa.gov\" rel=\"noopener\">claire.a.o\u2019shea@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 maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-round\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?via=NASA&text=NASA%20Sets%20Coverage%20for%20Crew%20Launch%3B%20Trio%20to%20Join%20Expedition%2070&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fnews-release%2Fnasa-sets-coverage-for-crew-launch-trio-to-join-expedition-70%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on X.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"1200\" height=\"1227\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 1227\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M714.163 519.284L1160.89 0H1055.03L667.137 450.887L357.328 0H0L468.492 681.821L0 1226.37H105.866L515.491 750.218L842.672 1226.37H1200L714.137 519.284H714.163ZM569.165 687.828L521.697 619.934L144.011 79.6944H306.615L611.412 515.685L658.88 583.579L1055.08 1150.3H892.476L569.165 687.854V687.828Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fnews-release%2Fnasa-sets-coverage-for-crew-launch-trio-to-join-expedition-70%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fnews-release%2Fnasa-sets-coverage-for-crew-launch-trio-to-join-expedition-70%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-rss\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/feed\/\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to RSS feed.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 800 800\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M493 652H392c0-134-111-244-244-244V307c189 0 345 156 345 345zm71 0c0-228-188-416-416-416V132c285 0 520 235 520 520z\"\/><circle cx=\"219\" cy=\"581\" r=\"71\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Details<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading\">Last Updated<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8\">Mar 22, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Editor<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\">Jennifer M. Dooren<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-row\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Location<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\"><a class=\"hds-location-tag-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-headquarters\/\"><span class=\"hds-meta-heading\">NASA Headquarters<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/\">Humans in Space<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/\">Astronauts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/expedition-70\/\">Expedition 70<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/expedition-71\/\">Expedition 71<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/\">International Space Station (ISS)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/international-space-station\/space-station-research-and-technology\/\">ISS Research<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasa-missions\/\">Missions<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/astronauts\/tracy-caldwell-dyson\/\">Tracy Caldwell Dyson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: This advisory was updated March 22, 2024, with new times for coverage following the scrub of the March 21 launch attempt. Three crew members will launch on Saturday, March 23, to support Expedition 70 aboard the International Space Station. NASA will provide full coverage of launch and crew arrival at the microgravity laboratory. 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