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  • Science and Spacesuit Work Before Crew Changes Commanders

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Anil Menon services a spacesuit and its components inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock.

    The International Space Station will change commanders on Saturday before three Expedition 74 crew members return to Earth on Sunday. As the homebound trio prepares for departure, the rest of the orbital crewmates is keeping up microgravity research and checking out spacewalking gear.

  • Expedition 74 Turns Attention to Departing Crewmates

    The aurora australis streams across the southern Indian Ocean with an airglow outlining Earth's atmosphere in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 274 miles above.

    Three Expedition 74 crew members are packing up cargo and handing over their responsibilities with less than one week to go before returning to Earth. The International Space Station’s three newest crewmates are already in the second week of their mission getting used to life on orbit and researching how microgravity affects the human body.

  • Week Wraps with New Crew Adjustments and Human Research Studies

    The Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, carrying NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking while both spacecraft were orbiting 264 miles above the Mediterranean Sea in between Spain and Italy.

    Crew swap activities are underway aboard the International Space Station as three new crewmates continue getting up to speed with living and working in microgravity and another Expedition 74 trio prepares to return to Earth. Meanwhile, scientific operations are back in full swing aboard the orbital outpost with lab residents studying how weightlessness affects the human body.

  • Expanded Crew Works Science, Microgravity Adaptation, and Next Crew Departure

    The seven-member Expedition 74 crew poses together for a fun portrait inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Clockwise from bottom left, are NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Mikaev and Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.

    The International Space Station is a busy place hosting ten crewmates from NASA, Roscosmos, and ESA (European Space Agency) through the end of July. The expanded Expedition 74 crew is continuing its microgravity research, helping three new arrivals adjust to life in space, and preparing for the departure of another three crew members. NASA flight […]

  • Station’s Newest Trio Adjusts to Mission Life Before Next Crew Departure

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Anil Menon is pictured in the cupola with the Earth below while he filmed his first impressions of living aboard the International Space Station.

    10 crew members now occupy the International Space Station following the arrival of NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft on Tuesday. The expanded Expedition 74 crew will stay that way until the end of the month when another three crewmates depart the orbital outpost after an eight-month space research mission.

  • New Trio Enters Station and Joins Expedition 74 Crew

    In the front row from left, are new Expedition 74 crew members Anil Menon of NASA and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina. In the second row, are Roscosmos cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. In the back, are Sophie Adenot of ESA and NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams, and Jessica Meir.

    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 have entered the station, where they will spend the next eight months living and working before returning to Earth in April 2027.

  • Three New Crew Members Await Hatch Opening Live on NASA+

    Soyuz MS-29 prime crew members (from left) NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia.

    NASA’s live hatch-opening coverage is underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Hatch opening is scheduled to begin at 3:55 p.m. EDT. After, NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina will enter the International Space Station, where they will spend about eight months before returning to Earth in April 2027.

  • Soyuz Docks to Station, Hatches Open Soon for Crew Greeting

    The Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station while orbiting above northern Africa.

    At 1:52 p.m. EDT, the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft docked with the International Space Station’s Prichal module. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina launched earlier at 10:47 a.m. (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.