At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz MS-25 rocket has rolled out to its launch pad, counting down to a lift off at 9:21 a.m. EDT Thursday, March 21. The crewed Soyuz spacecraft will carry NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, and spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus on a short ride to the station before it docks to the Prichal module at 12:39 p.m. the same day. Dyson will spend approximately six months living and working in low Earth orbit, while Novitsky and Vasilevskaya will spend about two weeks on station before departing with NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara. Pic 1) A 30-second exposure photo shows the gantry arms closing around the Soyuz rocket at its launch pad site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Pic 2) (From left) Dyson, Novitsky, and Vasilevskaya. Credit: GCTC/Andrey Shelepin #nasa #international #space #station #astronaut #cosmonaut #soyuz #baikonur #cosmodrome #kazahkstan #rocket ...