Russia Sends 3 Astronauts, Including an American, to International Space Station

The spacraft, which launched from the Russian-leased Baikonur pad in Kazakhstan, orbited 34 times before docking with the internationally crewed facility.

The Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos, and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus to the International Space Station, lifts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan, on March 23, 2024. Natalya Berezhnaya, Roscosmos space corporation via AP

Russia landed three astronauts on the International Space Station on March 25 after two failed attempts.

NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky, and Belarusian Marina Vasilevskaya were launched from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan two days earlier. The spacecraft with the three astronauts successfully docked at the International Space Station on March 25.