Anil Menon
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Anil Madhavan Samoilenko Menon is a colonel in the United States Space Force, emergency medicine physician, and NASA astronaut. He was a flight surgeon at NASA and the medical director at SpaceX befor
Menon in 2024
Official USSF portrait, 2026
Menon poses in front of an F-15 Eagle at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon
Menon at the Mission Control Center in Houston
Soyuz MS-29
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Soyuz MS-29, identified by NASA as Soyuz 75S, is a Russian crewed Soyuz spaceflight launched from Site 31/6 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 14 July 2026 to the International Space Station, where it dock
Anil Menon
…Space Station as well as deep space missions to destinations including the Moon on NASA's Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket. Menon flew on Soyuz MS-29, which launched in July 2026 to the International Space Station, becoming a flight engineer as part of Expedition 74/75. He is married to Anna Menon…
Soyuz MS-29 during launch on 14 July 2026
Soyuz MS-29 crew training at Johnson Space Center. From left: Menon, Kikina, and Dubrov.Soyuz programme← Soyuz MS-28Soyuz MS-30 →
Issacman (left) visiting Menon (right) in pre-flight quarantine
Issacman (left) and Bakanov (right) talk during news conference