beecee Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 https://phys.org/news/2018-10-russia-astronauts-emergency.html US, Russian astronauts land safely after rocket failure October 11, 2018 by Dmitry Lovetsky And Vladimir Isachenkov The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-10 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. The two astronauts are making an emergency landing after a Russian booster rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station has failed after launch. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) The problem came two minutes into the flight: The rocket carrying an American and a Russian to the International Space Station failed Thursday, triggering an emergency that sent their capsule into a steep, harrowing fall back to Earth. Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-10-russia-astronauts-emergency.html#jCp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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