Russia Delivers Astronaut, Two Cosmonauts To Space Station

From left, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station. NASA
From left, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.
Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—Russia’s Soyuz MS-29 successfully launched and autonomously docked to the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) on July 14, delivering a NASA astronaut and two Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts for a planned eight-month mission. The MS-29 lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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