In the front row from left, are new Expedition 75 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.
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.
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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.

The spacecraft arrived at the station’s Prichal module at 1:52 p.m. after launching at 10:47 a.m. (7:47 p.m. Baikonur time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

For continued coverage and more information about the mission, visit the International Space Station blog.

Learn more about station activities by following @NASASpaceOps and @space_station on X, as well as the International Space Station’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.    

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