Soyuz MS-25 spaceship to arrive at ISS on March 25 - Roscosmos

MOSCOW. March 22 (Interfax) - The Russian transport manned ship Soyuz MS-25, whose launch has been rescheduled for tomorrow, will arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) on March 25, the Russian space corporation Roscosmos said on Friday.

"The ship with a crew consisting of Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, the spaceflight's Belarusian participant Marina Vasilevskaya and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson will get to the ISS under a two-day approach scheme. The manned ship will dock at 6:10 p.m. Moscow time on March 25," the corporation's press service said.

The state commission examined the investigation results of the causes of the aborted launch, and resolved to carry out the launch on a planned reserve date, March 23, it said.

Initially the launch was scheduled to take place at 4:21 p.m. Moscow time on March 21, but was cancelled automatically within seconds before liftoff.

The launch was cancelled due to a slump in chemical power voltage, Roscosmos General Director Yury Borisov said on Thursday.

The ship will be launched atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket at 3:36 p.m. Moscow time on March 23, he said.

The ship's crew were safe, Roscosmos Executive Director for Manned Space Programs Sergei Krikalev said yesterday. "The crew are safe. The bus collected the crew, the crew have left the rocket," he said.