Russia Launches Spaceship With ISS Crew After Failed Attempt
Source: Bloomberg
March 23, 2024 at 8:47 AM EDT
Russia has successfully launched a Soyuz rocket carrying a crew to the International Space Station following a failed attempt earlier this week.The Soyuz MS-25 mission is expected to dock at ISS on March 25 at 6:10 p.m. Moscow time, according to a Telegram post by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, which broadcast the launch.
Russian commander Oleg Novitskiy, Belorussian Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson are on board. The first two, plus NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, are scheduled to return on April 6.
The launch was originally planned for March 21 and was canceled seconds before the take off due to issues with of the rocket’s electrical power system, Roscosmos said.
That was the first time in history Russia had to abort the launch of a manned spaceship just before the take off, Kommersant newspaper reported, citing industry’s experts. The Soviet Union had a similar episode in 1969.
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