Crew Dragon with cosmonaut Kikina onboard to undock from ISS on March 9 - Roscosmos

MOSCOW. March 6 (Interfax) - Crew Dragon spacecraft developed by SpaceX Corporation with a crew including Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina onboard is set to undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on March 9, Russian state corporation Roscosmos said on Monday.

"Anna Kikina's preparations for returning to Earth on board a U.S. Crew Dragon manned spacecraft Crew Dragon (Crew 5 mission), which is to undock from the ISS on March 9, includes training in Chibis-M vacuum pants applying lower body negative pressure and trying on an OIG orthostatic intolerance garment," Roscosmos said in a report on the crew's ISS activity on March 3-5.

A Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the members of the SpaceX Crew 5 mission, including Kikina, arrived at the ISS on October 7, 2022. Another Crew Dragon mission to replace the previous one, which carried, among others, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrei Fedyayev, arrived at the station on March 3, 2023.