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

Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon is set for his first space mission on Tuesday. He will launch aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 10:47 am EDT. Menon will join two Russian cosmonauts for an eight-month research mission, working as a flight engineer on the space station.