Russia Sends American, Two Cosmonauts to Space Station
- On Tuesday, physician-astronaut Anil Menon launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29, accompanied by Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina for an eight-month mission to the International Space Station.
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the launch, marking the first visit by a NASA chief to Baikonur in eight years and highlighting continued orbital cooperation between Washington and Moscow despite tensions over Russia's actions in Ukraine.
- The crew is expected to remain aboard the station for about 260 days, replacing the Soyuz MS-28 crew; extended stays help reduce cargo transport compared to the typical five to six month duration.
- Menon, a former SpaceX flight surgeon who helped establish medical protocols for commercial space flights, described crewmate Kikina as "100 percent full on energy" and noted her contributions energize the team.
- Facing an eight-month mission, Menon will miss his wife and children, ages 5 and 8. He reflected on his unexpected path to space, stating, "if you keep working at something, you should never count yourself out.
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Russia sends American, two cosmonauts to space station
Russia sent two cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan on Tuesday, resuming crewed flights from a recently repaired launchpad with a rare joint attendance by the heads of NASA and Russia's space agency.
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