Scenes from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan | International Space Station
The Russian Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
A train, with the Soyuz MS-29 patch on it, prepares to roll the Russian Soyuz rocket out to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
A mosaic sign welcomes visitors outside the town of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Friday, July 10, 2026.
NASA team members and guest arrive at the Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, in advance of the launch of Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina Friday, July 10, 2026.
Security teams prepare to support the roll out of the Russian Soyuz rocket by train to the launch pad, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Camels are seen grazing, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
A camel is seen in the road, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
A camel is seen in the road, Saturday, July 11, 2026, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The Russian Soyuz rocket was rolled out by train to the launch pad on Saturday, July 11, 2026, at Site 31 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 75 crewmembers: NASA astronaut Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina of Russia are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at 10:47 a.m. EDT (7:47 p.m. local time) aboard their Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. The trio will spend about eight months aboard the orbiting laboratory before returning to Earth in spring 2027.
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.
The Soyuz MS-29 mission will be 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 Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Dates: July 10-11, 2026
Dates: July 10-11, 2026
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