In this 30-second direct exposure picture, the gantry arms are seen closing around the Soyuz rocket at launch pad at Site 31, Monday, March 18, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight individual Marina Vasilevskaya are scheduled to release aboard their Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on March 21. Credit: NASA/Bill IngallsThis week is forming up to be busy for the International Space Station (ISS) as the Expedition 70 septet will see the arrival of three brand-new crew members and the delivery of brand-new science later today. Aboard the orbital complex, the 4 NASA homeowners had a light-duty day ahead of upcoming objective occasions, while the three cosmonauts completed some regular station maintenance and training.Upcoming Space MissionsNASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 21 for liftoff of SpaceXs 30th business resupply objective from the Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. The Dragon freight craft will provide new science investigations, food, and products to the crew when it autonomously docks to the zenith port of the Harmony module at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, March 23. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the International Space Stations Expedition 71 crew, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Soyuz leader Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and spaceflight individual Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus took part in a range of activities on March 6-18 as they prepared for their approaching mission. Credit: NASAInternational Crew LaunchAhead of Dragons liftoff, 3 team members– NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, and Flight Engineer Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus– will introduce from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:21 a.m. Thursday, March 21. The international team will dock to the station just a few hours later at 12:39 p.m. before opening the hatch and signing up with the Expedition 70 crew in microgravity. Dyson will spend roughly 6 months living and working in low Earth orbit, while Novitsky and Vasilevskaya will spend about two weeks on station before leaving with NASA astronaut Loral OHara. The Soyuz rocket is seen quickly after having been presented to the launch pad at Site 31, Monday, March 18, 2024, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Exploration 71 NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, and Belarus spaceflight individual Marina Vasilevskaya are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on March 21. Credit: NASA/Bill IngallsStation Activities and MaintenanceOHara, along with her 3 NASA crewmates Jeanette Epps, Michael Barratt, and Matthew Dominick, had the day off aboard station on Monday as they get ready for a busy week. The quartet did schedule in some time for their required 2 hours of exercise utilizing the stations treadmill, Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED), and the stations bike, CEVIS. Epps and OHara also established equipment for the Standard Measures examination that will be used later in the week.The 3 cosmonauts– Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineers Nikolai Chub and Alexander Grebenkin– kept hectic on Monday with a variety of jobs. Grebenkin and Chub performed some regular orbital plumbing, while Kononenko investigated devices that will return to Earth aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in a few weeks. Grebenkin likewise collected equipment and surface area samples around the Roscosmos segment for continuous microbiology research, while Chub practiced his piloting techniques throughout a Pilot-T session.
Aboard the orbital complex, the 4 NASA homeowners had a light-duty day ahead of upcoming mission occasions, while the 3 cosmonauts finished some regular station maintenance and training.Upcoming Space MissionsNASA and SpaceX are targeting 4:55 p.m. EDT Thursday, March 21 for liftoff of SpaceXs 30th industrial resupply mission from the Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the International Space Stations Expedition 71 team, NASA astronaut Tracy C. Dyson, Soyuz leader Oleg Novitskiy of Roscosmos, and spaceflight individual Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus got involved in a range of activities on March 6-18 as they prepared for their approaching objective. The quartet did schedule in some time for their required 2 hours of workout utilizing the stations treadmill, Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED), and the stations bike, CEVIS.
