NASA to Preview Astronaut Anil Menon's Upcoming Space Station Mission

NASA will host a news conference at 1:45 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 29, to preview astronaut Anil Menon's upcoming mission to the International Space Station. The conference will be held from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

The news conference will be broadcast live on NASA's YouTube channel. Information on how to watch NASA content through other online platforms, including social media, is available.

Following the main news conference, individual interviews with Menon are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. EDT.

Background on Mission Preparation

Astronaut Anil Menon recently participated in a spacewalk training session in preparation for his upcoming mission. The training took place at NASA's Johnson Space Center Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas.

A photo from the training session was credited to NASA/David DeHoyos.