Overview
- Soyuz MS-29, which launched Tuesday, July 14, reached the International Space Station about three hours later and docked at the Russian Prichal module.
- Anil Menon has officially started his first spaceflight as a member of Expeditions 74 and 75 and posted his first messages and video from orbit expressing gratitude and wonder.
- Menon’s eight-month work plan centers on space medicine and autonomy, including AI-assisted ultrasound, studies of blood flow and vein changes in microgravity, and testing systems to make intravenous fluids from station water.
- The mission also will test in-orbit manufacturing such as semiconductor crystal growth and bioprinting to advance components and tissues needed for longer deep‑space missions.
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the launch at Baikonur and met Roscosmos leadership, underscoring that the seat‑exchange arrangement and operational cooperation on the ISS remain in place as partners plan the station’s run‑out and technology needs.