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2 Astronauts Survive Russian Rocket Failure on their way to ISS
Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:46 am
Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:46 am
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An astronaut from the U.S. and another from Russia are safe after making an emergency landing in Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket that was supposed to propel them toward the International Space Station.
NASA's Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled at 4:40 a.m. ET from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz booster rocket.
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Roscosmos and NASA said the three-stage Soyuz booster suffered an emergency shutdown of its second stage. The capsule jettisoned from the booster and went into a ballistic descent, landing at a sharper-than-normal angle and subjecting the crew to heavy G-loads.
NASA said rescue teams have reached Hague and Ovchinin, and the astronauts been taken out of the capsule and were in good condition. The capsule landed about 20 kilometres east of the city of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
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BREAKING: Senior official says Russia suspending manned space launches pending investigation into rocket failure.
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Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:50 am to GEAUXmedic
I can’t imagine many things that would be scarier than a freakin rocket failure
Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:53 am to GEAUXmedic
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the astronauts been taken out of the capsule and were in good condition.
and have been given clean underpants
Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:54 am to GEAUXmedic
I’m wondering if this is the first time an emergency escape plan has worked with a rocket failure. I’m thinking it is
Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:58 am to GEAUXmedic
That shows how much technology has advanced; I can’t imagine that would have been a survivable incident back when space travel was an event.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:02 am to GEAUXmedic
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:17 am to GEAUXmedic
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:21 am to GEAUXmedic
Aliens shot it down 
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:49 am to GEAUXmedic
In regards to the early space program, there was a launch abort on Gemini VI in 1965. The engines ignited, but then abruptly shut down after a couple of seconds. Commander Wally Schirra had his hand on the abort handle, which would have ejected the two astronauts out of the capsule like a jet fighter. He decided not to pull it, which was a good things because 1.) it was a shite escape system that they likely would not have survived, and 2.) it allowed everything to be re-set quickly, which allowed Germini VI to launch three days later, in time to rendezvous with Germini VII in orbit. This was the first time the United States had two spacecraft in orbit at the same time.
I know there have been a handful of launch pad aborts with the space shuttle, where the engines were about to ignite or did ignite then were cut off.
I know there have been a handful of launch pad aborts with the space shuttle, where the engines were about to ignite or did ignite then were cut off.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 7:51 am
Posted on 10/11/18 at 8:45 am to GEAUXmedic
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Alexey Ovchinin
Dude finally gets his Stanley Cup and thinks he can do anything.
(I'm aware that the names aren't exactly the same as the Cosmonaut and the hockey player.)
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