New ISS crew launches from Kazakhstan aboard Soyuz spacecraft

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina have lifted off for an eight‑month mission on the International Space Station.

• The Soyuz spacecraft carrying the three crew members launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.
• This is Menon's first spaceflight, while Dubrov and Kikina are each making their second flight to the ISS.
• NASA stated the crew will spend approximately eight months aboard the station before returning to Earth in April 2027.