To the skies 🚀 Astronaut Anil Menon launched into space for the first time on July 14, 2026, lifting off from Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz spacecraft. astro_anil, along with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, docked with the International Space Station later that day. They'll spend the next several months aboard the ISS, expanding the frontiers of science and technology. Anil Menon's family, including astronaut candidate astroannamenon, were on site in Kazakhstan to watch him head to space. Credit: NASA #NASA #SpaceStation #Liftoff