Soyuz MS-10
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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
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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.
