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15 July 2026

Anil Menon's mission to ISS

The mission serves as context for India's growing engagement in global space exploration and the role of the Indian diaspora in international scientific achievements, though it is not a direct policy or national development event.

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Notes

  • NASA astronaut Anil Menon launched on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
  • The mission utilized a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  • The crew includes Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts, Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.
  • The spacecraft is scheduled to dock at the Prichal module of the ISS.
  • The mission duration is approximately eight months, with a scheduled return to Earth in April 2027.
  • This mission represents Anil Menon's first spaceflight.
  • Anil Menon has ancestral roots in Ottapalam, Palakkad district, Kerala, and is the great-grandson of Sir C. Sankaran Nair.

Questions

  1. Discuss the significance of international collaboration in space exploration, specifically regarding the operations of the International Space Station (ISS) and its role in scientific advancement. 150 words
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Prelims

  1. The Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, which carried astronaut Anil Menon to the International Space Station, was launched from which of the following locations?

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