Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon set for first space mission aboard Soyuz spacecraft

Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon launches on his first space mission aboard the Nasa-Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft.

Liftoff is scheduled for Tuesday at 10:47 am EDT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Menon, a doctor and Space Force colonel, will serve as part of Expeditions 74 and 75 on the International Space Station.

The eight-month mission includes research aboard the ISS alongside two Russian cosmonauts.