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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 has made an 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 Ovchinin 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 Center, where the Soyuz rocket in question was manufactured.
Rogozin is currently travelling to Kazakhstan to inspect the landing site. Rogozin is currently traveling 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 military was also called in to help with 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. “The rescue team had located the crew,” sources on the ground confirmed, adding that both neither crew member required medical treatment.
Ovchinin and Hague were extracted from the capsule. They are in “good condition” and will be tended by psychologists, the medics reported. Ovchinin and Hague were extracted from the capsule. They are in “good condition” and will be attended 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. The government is launching an official probe into the accident. President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev were briefed on the situation.
“Thank God, the cosmonauts are alive – that is what matters,” Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.“Thank God, the cosmonauts are alive – that is what matters,” Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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