ZVYOZDNY GORODOK, 15 May (BelTA) – First cosmonaut of sovereign Belarus
Marina Vasilevskaya and Russian cosmonaut, native of Belarus Oleg
Novitsky told the media about their post flight reconditioning process,
BelTA has learned.
“Rehabilitation is still underway. Of course,
everything went out of schedule, but my homeland, the Belarusian people
and President Aleksandr Grigorievich Lukashenko are very supportive,”
Marina Vasilevskaya said.
Oleg Novitsky explained that the
reconditioning program was slightly changed due to the fact that the
cosmonauts participated in meetings with Belarusian President Aleksandr
Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Nevertheless the
rehabilitation program was completed in full,” he said.
“First
of all, these are different medical procedures, massage, swimming, daily
medical checkups. Doctors should be fully confident that the crew are
making full recovery,” Oleg Novitsky added.
The crew of Visiting
Expedition 21 to the International Space Station were honored in
Zvyozdny Gorodok on 15 May. Hero of Belarus Marina Vasilevskaya and Hero
of Russia Oleg Novitsky laid wreaths at the monument to the first
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Then the cosmonauts attended a ceremony in the
House of Cosmonauts and took part in an autograph session.