NASA Astronaut Anil Menon, Crewmates Arrive at Space Station

Three space explorers reached the International Space Station on Tuesday. NASA astronaut Anil Menon, along with Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, launched from Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz spacecraft and docked at the orbiting laboratory following a three-hour journey. Per NASA, Menon will pursue research on semiconductor crystal production in space and test ultrasound methods combining augmented reality and artificial intelligence—tools that could enable future deep-space missions without requiring medical support from Earth.

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