Archive · 2 Jul 2025
Menon Set for First ISS Mission in June 2026
Anil Menon, a US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and former flight surgeon, is going to the International Space Station!
He will be a flight engineer on Expedition 75, launching in June 2026 with two cosmonauts.
During his approximately eight-month stay, he'll do experiments to help with future space missions.
He has a medical background, with experience as a flight surgeon.
He was also SpaceX's first in-flight surgeon.
Anil Menon will be a flight engineer on the International Space Station.
The mission, Expedition 75, is scheduled to launch in June 2026.
Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.
The launch will take place from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Menon will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.
- Who
- Anil Menon, Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.
- What
- Anil Menon will be a flight engineer on the International Space Station.
- When
- The mission will launch in June 2026.
- Where
- He will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and the mission will be on the International Space Station.
- Why
- To conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations.
- Astronaut
- Anil Menon
- Mission
- Expedition 75
- Launch Date
- June 2026
- Launch Vehicle
- Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft
- Launch Site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Duration
- Approximately eight months
- Expertise
- Emergency medicine physician, mechanical engineer, and colonel in the United States Space Force
