The Soyuz MS-10 mission was aborted, this morning, when a booster malfunctioned during stange 1 separation. The crew, Aleksey Ovchinin and Nick Hague, reported a malfunction in stage 2 and a feeling of weightlessness. Also, they module they were in separated from the carrier. They entered the Emergency Escape Module SAS, a few minutes after the launch, and re-entered the atmosphere at a sharp angle. Both of them landed 12 miles east of Dzheskazgan, Kazakhstan. No injuries were reported and after medical examinations, they were flown to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in a rescue helicopter.
After that, they will be sent to Star City and the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, near Moscow.
The manned space program is now suspended, pending an investigation and only Russia, at this time, is certified to send people into space. Dunno when that can happen again.
Rocket failure forces emergency landing for U.S. and Russian astronauts
After that, they will be sent to Star City and the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, near Moscow.
The manned space program is now suspended, pending an investigation and only Russia, at this time, is certified to send people into space. Dunno when that can happen again.
Rocket failure forces emergency landing for U.S. and Russian astronauts