Soyuz MS-10

The launch of Expedition 57 where MS-10 was inside of

Soyuz MS-10 was a manned Soyuz spaceflight which aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 in Russia. The mission lasted roughly 30 minutes before being aborted.^[1]

MS-10 was the 139th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It was planned to transport two members of the Expedition 57 crew to the International Space Station. A few minutes after liftoff, the craft went into contingency abort due to a booster failure and had to return to Earth. Both crew members, Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, were recovered alive in good health.^[2]

The MS-10 flight abort was the first instance of a manned booster accident at high altitude in 43 years, since Soyuz 18a similarly failed to achieve orbit in April 1975.^[3]

Soyuz MS-10 Media

Launch vehicle, plume from escape tower, 4 boosters, and debris after separation
The crew greeting their families in Baikonur hours after emergency landing

References

↑ Chow, Denise. Soyuz astronauts' emergency descent was a harrowing, high-G ordeal. NBC News (October 11, 2018).
↑ Garcia, Mark. Crew in Good Condition After Booster Failure. NASA Space Station (11 October 2018). Retrieved 11 October 2018.
↑ Harwood, William. Soyuz crew lands safely after emergency launch abort. Spaceflight Now (11 October 2018). Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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[1] Chow, Denise. Soyuz astronauts' emergency descent was a harrowing, high-G ordeal. NBC News (October 11, 2018).

[2] Garcia, Mark. Crew in Good Condition After Booster Failure. NASA Space Station (11 October 2018). Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[3] Harwood, William. Soyuz crew lands safely after emergency launch abort. Spaceflight Now (11 October 2018). Retrieved 12 October 2018.

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