# Soyuz MS-29 launches Dubrov, Kikina and NASA's Anil Menon for an eight-month ISS stay

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Date: 14 Jul 2026
About: [Roscosmos](https://technooptimist.io/companies/roscosmos.md) · [Soyuz MS & Progress MS](https://technooptimist.io/spaceflight/soyuz-ms.md)
Original source: https://russianspaceweb.com/soyuz-ms-29.html

Soyuz MS-29 lifted off from Site 31 at Baikonur at 17:47 Moscow time and docked to the Prichal module about three hours later. The crew of Petr Dubrov, Anna Kikina and NASA's Anil Menon is planned to stay about 261 days, landing on April 1, 2027.

## Key facts

- Launch on a Soyuz-2-1a, exactly on the planned time.
- Docking at 20:52 Moscow time, slightly ahead of plan.
- Spacecraft mass about 7,152 kg; ISS mission 75S.

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