NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Training in Houston | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Training in Houston | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session at Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in an emergency training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

From left, Expedition 75 crew members Anil Menon of the United States, along with Anna Kikina, and Pyotr Dubrov of Russia, participate in an emergency training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility (SVMF) in Houston, Texas, ahead of their upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a training session at Johnson Space Center's Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Anil Menon is preparing for his first mission to the International Space Station, serving as a flight engineer and Expedition 75 crew member. Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in June 2026, accompanied by Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina of Russia. After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the trio will spend approximately eight months aboard the orbiting laboratory.

During his expedition, Menon will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to "help prepare humans for future space missions and benefit humanity."

NASA astronaut Anil Menon's biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-anil-menon/

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about International Space Station at:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

Image Credits: NASA's Johnson Space Center/James Blair/Josh Valcarcel/David DeHoyos/Helen Arase Vargas

Dates: April 3, 2025-March 5, 2026

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