NASA astronaut joins Russian cosmonauts in launch to International Space Station
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The three astronauts will spend about eight months aboard the station.
A NASA astronaut blasted off from a launch site in Kazakhstan Tuesday along with two Russian cosmonauts as part of a mission to the International Space Station.
Anil Menon launched aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome site around 10:47 a.m. ET along with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.
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This marks Menon’s first space flight, and the second flight for the Russian cosmonauts, according to NASA.
The space craft is scheduled to dock with the station around 1:56 p.m. ET, according to NASA.
Once aboard the station, they will join up with the members of Expedition 74 crew, three NASA astronauts, one European Space Agency astronauts and three cosmonauts, who have been on the station conducting scientific experiments.
Analysis
Menon, Dubrov and Kikina’s mission will last about eight months and they are scheduled to return to Earth in April 2027.
Menon, an emergency medicine doctor, will “conduct scientific research and technology demonstrations aimed at advancing human space exploration and benefiting life on Earth,” according to NASA.
That includes research into production of semiconductor crystals in space, and testing augmented reality and artificial intelligence tools for medical support in space, NASA said.
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