Expedition 74 Stays Busy and Awaits Tuesday’s New Crew Arrival

Expedition 74 is poised to welcome three new crew members to the International Space Station who are counting down to their launch aboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft. The trio, comprised of NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina will launch at 10:47 a.m. EDT on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and dock to the Prichal module at 1:56 p.m. the same day. About two hours later, the hatches will open and the new crew will enter the orbital outpost officially beginning an eight-and-a-half-month research mission. More

(Source: NASA - Jul 14)