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    Newsmakers of the Week                                                    JULY 24, 2026    |  The Indian Eye 31

                                     ANIL MENON                                                        VINOD KHOSLA

                   NASA Astronaut arrives at                                         Venture Capitalist Buys Seattle

                                Space Station                                     Seahawks for Historic $9.6 Billion

            Washington, DC                                                      Seattle, WA

                   ASA astronaut Anil Menon                                           he Seattle Seahawks are
                   and Roscosmos cosmonauts                                           poised to begin a new chapter
            NPyotr Dubrov and Anna Kiki-                                        Tunder fresh ownership, as Indi-
            na arrived safely at the International                              an-American billionaire and venture
            Space Station on Tuesday, increasing                                capitalist Vinod Khosla, along with
            the orbiting laboratory’s crew com-                                 his family, has agreed to purchase the
            plement to 10 for the next two weeks.                               NFL franchise from the estate of late
                The three astronauts launched                                   Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The
            aboard the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft                                   landmark acquisition, valued at a re-
            from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in                                     cord $9.6 billion, marks the most ex-
            Kazakhstan. Following a three-hour                                  pensive sale of an NFL team to date.
            journey spanning two orbits of Earth,                                   The Estate of Paul G. Allen an-
            the spacecraft successfully docked                                  nounced it has entered into a formal
            with the station’s Prichal module.                                  sale  agreement with an  ownership
                During his stay aboard the station, Menon will conduct scientific research   group led by the Khosla family, in-
            and technology demonstrations aimed at advancing human space exploration   cluding Vinod Khosla, for the Seattle Seahawks NFL franchise. The Khosla
            and benefiting life on Earth. He will continue research to refine in-space pro-  family will become the team’s controlling owner.
            duction of semiconductor crystals to enable the large-scale manufacturing of   “We are honored to be entrusted as the next stewards of the Seattle Sea-
            components needed for high-performance computers, artificial intelligence,   hawks. We look forward to building on the winning legacy Paul Allen created
            and improved medical devices. Menon also will perform ultrasound using   and to earning the trust of the Seahawks organization and fans everywhere,”
            augmented  reality  and  artificial  intelligence  methods  that  could  eliminate   said Vinod Khosla, on behalf of the Khosla family.
            the need for medical support from Earth on future space missions. He will   Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction remains sub-
            be a test subject helping researchers understand how blood flow is affected   ject to NFL approval in the months ahead.
            in space to protect future astronauts. He also will test bioprinting vascular
            constructs in microgravity to improve understanding of the aging process to   To read more about Indian diaspora and Global Indians, log on to and follow
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