NASA astronaut Anil Menon familiarizes himself with lab hardware and systems

iss074e0814772 (July 15, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Anil Menon is pictured inside the International Space Station's Unity module familiarizing himself with lab hardware and systems during his second day in space. Menon, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Anna Kikina and Pyotr Dubrov (both out of frame), launched aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 14, 2026. The trio docked to the orbital outpost's Rassvet module the same day, beginning an eight-and-a-half-month space research mission.