Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft's Russian crew fit to fly to ISS - Roscosmos

MOSCOW. June 9 (Interfax) - The main medical commission has declared cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina fit to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft in July, Roscosmos said.

Their backups Dmitry Petelin and Konstantin Borisov were also given a green light for the spaceflight, the Russian state corporation said.

"The commission analyzed data from the medical examinations of the long-term ISS Expedition 75 prime and backup crewmembers for the preflight training period. The meeting resulted in the conclusion about the fitness of cosmonauts Dubrov and Kikina, Petelin and Borisov for the spaceflight," a Roscosmos statement said.

The commission is comprised of representatives from the Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Institute for Biomedical Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Health Ministry, the Defense Ministry, and specialists from the Medical Department of the Cosmonaut Training Center.

The Soyuz MS-29 launch is scheduled for July 14. The prime crew, apart from Dubrov and Kikina, also includes NASA astronaut Anil Menon.

Menon will head to the ISS under a U.S.-Russia seat barter agreement.