Roscosmos Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, the first female cosmonaut from Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA astronaut Loral OHara returned from the International Space Station to Earth. <\/p>\n
At 09:24 Moscow time, the engine of the Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft was turned on to decelerate from orbit, at 09:54 the descent vehicle entered the dense layers of the atmosphere and at 10:03 the main parachute was inserted. <\/p>\n
At exactly 10:18 Moscow time, the Soyuz MS-24 international crew landed 147km south-east of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan. <\/p>\n
Marina Vitalyevna Vasilevskaya(born 14 September 1990) is a flight instructor andflight attendantforBelavia AirlinesinBelarus.She is the firstBelarusianwoman to be launched into space. <\/p>\n
In December 2022, during a competitive selection held inBelarus, she was selected among six applicants from more than three thousand women to participate in a space flight under theBelarusian Woman in Space project on the RussianSoyuzspacecraft toISS. <\/p>\n
On 24 July 2023, she commenced theoretical and practical training for the flight at theYuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training CenterinStar City, Russia.In October, she began practical training on theSoyuz MSspacecraft simulator to conduct routine flight andundockingoperations,and underwent training inzero gravityconditions on theIlyushin II-76 laboratory aircraft. <\/p>\n
She traveled to the station withRoscosmoscosmonautOleg NovitskyandNASAastronautTracy Caldwell-Dyson, where she and Oleg spent approximately 13 days aboard the orbital complex as a part of21st ISS visiting expedition. <\/p>\n
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The rest is here: Roscosmos Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, the first female cosmonaut from Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA astronaut Loral OHara returned from the International Space Station to Earth. At 09:24 Moscow time, the engine of the Soyuz MS-24 manned spacecraft was turned on to decelerate from orbit, at 09:54 the descent vehicle entered the dense layers of the atmosphere and at 10:03 the main parachute was inserted. Continue reading
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