High motivation of Belarusian women cosmonauts praised

ZVEZDNY GORODOK, 22 November (BelTA) – The Belarusian women, who are training for their space flight, are highly motivated and intend to work hard, BelTA learned from Oleg Novitsky, Belarus' native, a pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of Russia.

Oleg Novitsky said: “The girls [the Belarusians Marina Vasilevskaya and Anastasia Lenkova] are doing great. They are highly motivated and intend to work hard. It is obvious from their attitude to training and from feedback from our instructors. After every training session they say how it went and we look at what we can correct. On the whole, everyone is very satisfied with their sense of purpose.”

BelTA reported earlier that spacecraft crews at the Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Center continue practicing their actions in case their reentry capsule lands on a body of water (aka splashdown).

Taking part in the training sessions are the main crew members Marina Vasilevskaya and the Roscosmos cosmonaut, Belarus' native Oleg Novitsky (the mission commander) as well as the backup crew members Anastasia Lenkova and the Roscosmos cosmonaut Ivan Vagner (the mission commander).