Anil Menon Launches to Space Station

On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The crew members of Expedition 75 departed via a Soyuz rocket for the Soyuz MS-29 mission at 7:47 p.m. local time. NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon and her children observed the liftoff from Site 31/6 as the trio traveled toward the International Space Station to begin their scheduled mission.