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Soyuz rocket carrying crew to ISS malfunctions during launch Soyuz rocket carrying crew to ISS malfunctions during launch
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Less than two minutes after the US-Russian crew blasted off on their mission to the ISS, the Russian Soyuz booster rocket failed mid-air. The crew was forced to put their training to the test and make an emergency landing.Less than two minutes after the US-Russian crew blasted off on their mission to the ISS, the Russian Soyuz booster rocket failed mid-air. The crew was forced to put their training to the test and make an emergency landing.
Expedition 57 was due to transport Roscosmos’ Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague to the International Space Station in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. But the booster suffered an apparent malfunction some 119 seconds after liftoff, forcing the crew to make a split second decision to separate from the rocket and quickly abort their space odyssey. Expedition 57 was due to transport Roscosmos’ Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague to the International Space Station in the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft.
The crew, both alive and unharmed, made a dramatic 'ballistic re-entry' in Kazakhstan. Rescue helicopters were scrambled to the touchdown location of the capsule. But the booster suffered an apparent malfunction some 119 seconds after liftoff, forcing the crew to make a split second decision to separate from the rocket and quickly abort their space odyssey.
The pair were due to deliver cargo and a Russian-made 3D bio-printer with which scientists were planning to grow human organs and tissue in zero gravity.
The crew, both alive and unharmed, made a dramatic 'ballistic re-entry' in Kazakhstan. Helicopters were scrambled to the touchdown location of the capsule to get the spacemen out as quickly as possible.The crew, both alive and unharmed, made a dramatic 'ballistic re-entry' in Kazakhstan. Helicopters were scrambled to the touchdown location of the capsule to get the spacemen out as quickly as possible.
The pair were due to deliver cargo and a Russian-made 3D bio-printer with which scientists were planning to grow human organs and tissue in zero gravity.
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