SGRussia successfully launched U.S. astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts, Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The mission marks the first crewed flight from the site since a previous launch caused significant damage to the launchpad, requiring extensive repairs. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the launch, marking the first time a NASA chief has visited the Russian launch site since 2018. This event occurred amid ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine, which had previously limited high-level interactions between U.S. and Russian space agencies. The crew will spend approximately eight months aboard the ISS as part of Expedition 75.
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