morning news on belarus 1, studio vladislav bundir, hello, a day that will become history for belarus. an important stage for

the space power. the first woman of independent belarus will go into orbit today. the historic start is scheduled for 16:21 minutes and 19 seconds. the expedition members will stay on the iss for 12 days. an extensive program is planned. five research and two public works. at baikanur, the last preparations are being made for the launch of the manned soyuz ms-25 spacecraft. the day before, at a meeting of the state commission announced, the main composition has been confirmed. remained unchanged. so, today oleg novitsky, the crew commander, a native of belarus, nasa astronaut tracy dyson and, of course, our belarusian marina vasilevskaya, are conquering space. we are ready to fly, we will do everything 100%, even more. i'm sure, because with such a crew we can only go into space. marina vasilevskaya shared what she will listen to before the flight, this is the song belovezhskaya pushcha. and with the whole crew the soundtrack from.

research and experiments, supported the operation of the iss was carried out until it was equipped with equipment, and during the third flight he made three spacewalks, the total time spent in orbit was 531 days, 6:58 minutes. in addition, oleg novitsky admitted in one of his interviews that he loves to take photographs, but this is not possible in zero gravity.

i always manage to take a photo, for example, i took this picture of brest on the eightieth anniversary of the start of the great patriotic war while on board the international space station. be prepared for extreme situations for six months, belarusian cosmonauts went through all the survival programs, behind the shoulders of the main and backup crews, training in a unique hydro laboratory, training center in zvezdny, practiced survival on water and evacuation after an emergency splashdown.

who will be able to take a photograph from the observation window with a belarusian passport, as evidence of what we have in belarus. a team of specialists supervised the crews' training. doctors, psychologists, divers, and in parallel with the main one, they also trained the backup crew. they should be ready to fly until the very start at the bike race and in case of an emergency, replace one participant or the entire crew. i was interested in the health and readiness of the team before the start. our president, according to the cosmonauts, they have a very fighting spirit, including thanks to the colossal support, the events are, without exaggeration, historical, it took 20 years to start the process of selecting and preparing for the flight of the first cosmonaut in sovereign belarus. in 2001, when we were talking only about the launch of a joint belarusian-russian satellite, our the president said: an astronaut from belarus will definitely fly into space. in november 2021 , lukashenko and putin agreed to include in the crew of the small spacecraft