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| ISS crew made emergency landing in Kazakhstan, both alive | ISS crew made emergency landing in Kazakhstan, both alive |
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| The Russian Soyuz spacecraft made emergency landing in Kazakhstan after its rocket booster malfunctioned. Both crew members on board are alive and unharmed. | The Russian Soyuz spacecraft made emergency landing in Kazakhstan after its rocket booster malfunctioned. Both crew members on board are alive and unharmed. |
| The spacecraft, carrying cosmonaut Alexey Ovchining and NASA’s Nick Hague, had successfully landed around 20-25km from Zhezkazgan, central Kazakhstan. Four helicopters were sent to pick up the crew members. | The spacecraft, carrying cosmonaut Alexey Ovchining and NASA’s Nick Hague, had successfully landed around 20-25km from Zhezkazgan, central Kazakhstan. Four helicopters were sent to pick up the crew members. |
| “The crew has landed. Everyone is alive,” Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter. | “The crew has landed. Everyone is alive,” Russian space chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter. |
| NASA confirmed the space capsule’s successful landing and said that the crew are “in good condition and in contact.” | NASA confirmed the space capsule’s successful landing and said that the crew are “in good condition and in contact.” |
| Russia’s national space agency Roscosmos will perform an inspection of the Progress Rocket Space Centre, where the Soyuz rocket in question was manufactured. | Russia’s national space agency Roscosmos will perform an inspection of the Progress Rocket Space Centre, where the Soyuz rocket in question was manufactured. |
| Rogozin is currently travelling to Kazakhstan to inspect the landing site. | Rogozin is currently travelling to Kazakhstan to inspect the landing site. |
| The military was also called in to help with the rescue efforts, with army paratroopers being dropped in the area. | |
| “The rescue team had located the crew,” the sources on the ground confirmed, adding that both crew members didn’t require medical treatment. | |
| Ovchinin and Hague were extracted from the capsule. They are in “good condition” and will be tended by psychologists, the medics reported. | |
| The government is launching an official probe into the accident. President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev were briefed on the accident. | |
| “Thank God, the cosmonauts are alive – that is what matters,” Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. |