Menon, Dubrov & Kikina Sokol Suit Checks on Launch Day in Kazakhstan
Expedition 75 prime crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, seated left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, seated of Russia right, joined by backup crew members, Deniz Burnham of NASA, standing left, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin, and Konstantin Borisov of Russia, standing right, pose for a group photograph as the prime crew prepares for their Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch
Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as she and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Russia, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, prepare for their Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch to the International Space Station Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon gestures to family and friends while waiting to have his Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked, as he and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, prepare for their Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch
Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov has his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as he and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, prepare for their Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina waves while waiting to have her Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked, as she and fellow crewmates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, prepare for their Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch
Expedition 75 NASA astronaut Anil Menon is helped into his Russian Sokol suit as he and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina, prepare for their Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch
Expedition 75 Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina is helped into her Russian Sokol suit as she and fellow crew mates, Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov of Russia, and NASA astronaut Anil Menon, prepare for their Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket launch
Russian Sokol Suit gloves are seen inside building 254 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome where Expedition 75 crew members: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina of Russia, will suit up ahead of their Russian Soyuz 2.1a launch
A Russian Soyuz rocket was successfully launched to the International Space Station with Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov, and Anna Kikina onboard, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:47 a.m. EST (7:47 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trio will spend about eight months aboard the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth in spring 2027.
The same day, their Russian Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Prichal module.
The trio joined NASA astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, and Chris Williams, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Sergei Mikaev, and Andrey Fedyaev of Russia.
During his expedition, Menon will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations intended to help humans prepare for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and to provide benefits on Earth. Among the hundreds of experiments planned during his mission, he will participate in studies to better understand astronaut vein structure, blood flow, and blood composition in microgravity. He also will test producing intravenous fluids using the space station’s potable water.
This Soyuz MS-29 mission is his first spaceflight after he was selected as part of NASA’s 2021 astronaut class. A native of Minneapolis, Menon is an emergency medicine physician, mechanical engineer, and colonel in the United States Space Force. He also has served as an expedition flight surgeon supporting the agency’s crew members aboard the space station.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon's Official Biography:
For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth. The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.
To learn more about International Space Station research, operations, and its crews, visit:
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.
Image Credits: Roscosmos/GCTC/Pavel Shvets/NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date: July 14, 2026
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