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Roscosmos and NASA confirmed the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft returned safely on July 26, 2026, bringing Expedition 74’s joint U.S.-Russian crew—NASA astronaut Chris Williams plus Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev—down to Kazakhstan after 241 days aboard the ISS. Expedition 75 is set to run into spring 2027.
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Roscosmos and NASA confirmed the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft returned safely on July 26, 2026, bringing Expedition 74’s joint U.S.-Russian crew—NASA astronaut Chris Williams plus Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev—down to Kazakhstan after 241 days aboard the ISS. Expedition 75 is set to run into spring 2027.
NASA says astronaut Chris Williams and two Russian cosmonauts will come home from the International Space Station early Sunday, July 26. The agency will livestream the homecoming as the crew departs the orbiting lab for the return to Earth.
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The ISS crew expanded by three with the July 14 arrival of Soyuz MS-29. Following the docking, a U.S. spacewalk concluded repairs to Canadarm2, restoring key station robotics capability alongside the new increment of crew.
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Serbia signed the Artemis Accords on 16 July at a NASA ceremony hosted at the agency’s Washington headquarters, becoming the 69th nation to commit to “peaceful, transparent and responsible” space exploration. The move arrives over two years after Serbia’s original policy alignment with China’s lunar base project.
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Three new crew members—NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina—arrived at the International Space Station aboard Soyuz MS-29 on Tuesday, bringing the station to a complement of 10. The arrivals begin mission-life adjustments ahead of the next scheduled crew departure.
A Soyuz MS-29 mission launched from Russia-leased Baikonur in Kazakhstan and successfully docked with the International Space Station on July 14/15, bringing three new crew members aboard. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman witnessed the launch in person despite ongoing US-Russia tensions driven by the Ukraine war.
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Russia resumed crewed launches to the International Space Station with the Soyuz MS-29 liftoff from Baikonur at 14:47 UTC on July 14. NASA astronaut Anil Menon flew alongside Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina (a former SpaceX Dragon passenger), with docking occurring a few hours later amid a high-profile NASA-Roscosmos leadership presence.
Expedition 74 is preparing to receive three new crew members as NASA astronaut Anil Menon and two cosmonauts launch to the International Space Station on Soyuz MS-29 on Tuesday, July 14. The mission is expected to begin an eight-month stay aboard the ISS, with live launch coverage available.
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