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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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
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