Soyuz Hatch Opening: US Astronaut Anil Menon Boards International Space Station

Soyuz Hatch Opening: US Astronaut Anil Menon Boards International Space Station

The Russian Soyuz MS-29 crew spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station’s Prichal module at 1:52 p.m. after launching at 10:47 a.m. (7:47 p.m. local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. At 4:30 p.m. EDT, the hatch opened between the International Space Station and the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina of Russia then entered the station, where they will spend the next eight months living and working before returning to Earth in April 2027.

This Soyuz MS-29 mission is Menon's 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:

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

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/menon-anil.pdf

Follow Expedition 74:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev, Anna Kikina, Pyotr Dubrov

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams, 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.

Video Credit: NASA/JSC

Duration: 38 seconds
Date: July 14, 2026

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