NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 14, 2026 at 10:47 a.m. EDT (1447 GMT / 7:47 p.m. local time), beginning their journey to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA