[5][6] MS-25 saw was the first launch of two women, Tracy Caldwell-Dyson from the United States and Maryna Vasileuskaya from Belarus,[7] aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.MS-25 also saw the launch of two people from Belarus, as the mission commander, Oleg Novitsky was born in Chervyen, when it was part of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.[9] At the end of Expedition 71, Caldwell-Dyson returned to Earth on Soyuz MS-25 with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on 23 September 2024.He broke the world record of 878 days in space held by Gennady Padalka on February 4, 2024 at 07:30:08 UTC.[11] This article incorporates public domain material from NASA Astronaut Tracy C. Dyson Receives Third Space Station Assignment.