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How Did Anil Menon and Two Cosmonauts Reach the Space Station? 🚀

An Indian astronaut named Anil Menon teamed up with Russian astronauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.

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Anil Menon from India and two Russian cosmonauts went to space together.

The launch happened from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on July 14, 2026.

The rocket was operated by Russia's Space Agency.

They successfully attached their spacecraft to the International Space Station.

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Their rocket, sent by Russia's Space Agency, lifted off from the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan at 8:17 pm Indian time on July 14, 2026. 🚀

The spacecraft traveled high above Earth and docked with the International Space Station, the big laboratory in orbit.

Now the three astronauts will live and work together in space.

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6 words

astronaut

a person trained to travel in space

cosmonaut

a Russian space traveler

launch site

the place where a rocket takes off

dock

to connect a spacecraft to another one in space

orbit

the path a spacecraft follows around Earth

laboratory

a place where scientists do experiments

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