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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 6:56 am to Tyga Woods
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I can’t imagine many things that would be scarier than a freakin rocket failure
Being the next guy to climb into a Russian rocket
Posted on 10/11/18 at 6:58 am to X123F45
Trump about to throw money at NASA.
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 Tyga Woods
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I can’t imagine many things that would be scarier than a freakin rocket failure
I can. What if it was in some shithole terrorist country?
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Kazakhstan
Oh. Well then.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:02 am to GEAUXmedic
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:07 am to DavidTheGnome
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I’m wondering if this is the first time an emergency escape plan has worked with a rocket failure.
It happened once before although not in flight. LINK
The escape system lifted them off the rocket just before it blew up on the pad.
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"We could feel the booster swaying from side to side. Then there was a sudden vibration and a jerking sensation as the LES activated."
Upon being greeted by recovery crews, they immediately asked for cigarettes to steady their nerves. The cosmonauts were then given shots of vodka to help them relax.
Years later, in an interview with the American History Channel regarding the flight, Titov claimed that the crew's first action after the escape rocket fired was to deactivate the spacecraft's cockpit voice recorder because, as he put it, "We were swearing"
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:14 am to X123F45
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Being the next guy to climb into a Russian rocket
The Soyuz launch system is old but is the most reliable in the world. It's been launching since 1967. The very first one failed but that's it.
It's been fifty years since a launch failure. I wouldn't hesitate to climb in.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:17 am to GEAUXmedic
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:18 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Actually Trump wants to privatize the Space Industry.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:19 am to foshizzle
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The Soyuz launch system is old but is the most reliable in the world. It's been launching since 1967. The very first one failed but that's it.
It's been fifty years since a launch failure. I wouldn't hesitate to climb in.
Might want to check your facts on that one. The guy above you just referenced a rocket exploding on the pad in 1983.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:20 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Actually Trump wants to privatize the Space Industry.
Then what’s the point of establishing a Space Force or whatever the hell they're calling it?
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:21 am to GEAUXmedic
Aliens shot it down 
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:23 am to NASA_ISS_Tiger
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Trump wants to privatize the Space Industry.
It's quite an old idea. This was being discussed during the Reagan years too.
At any rate, contractors have always been doing the nuts-and-bolts work. NASA mostly just manages the programs.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:27 am to Corkfather
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Might want to check your facts on that one. The guy above you just referenced a rocket exploding on the pad in 1983.
Nope. I referenced that one myself when I noted that it's happened once before but not in flight.
I'll be more clear - there has been one failure that involved loss of life, and that was back in 1967.
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:35 am to Corkfather
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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.
We had 3 astronauts die in a capsule fire during a test on the launch pad
Start at 29:30 it you want to hear where the fire starts
It’s a tough listen.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 7:52 am
Posted on 10/11/18 at 7:46 am to foshizzle
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Titov claimed that the crew's first action after the escape rocket fired was to deactivate the spacecraft's cockpit voice recorder because, as he put it, "We were swearing"
That’s wild.
I was watching a story about the movie first Man where they played the cockpit voice recording from Apollo one and fire that killed the three astronauts.
It’s strange how fricked up that sounded. I’ve known all my life about the incident, but hearing him scream like that was shocking. Was surprised how much they affected me for a few days.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 7:47 am
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