Astronaut Cosmonaut Crew Safe After Soyuz Launch Abort to Space Station: NASA Photos, Video

The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft is launched with Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Ken Kremer  --   SpaceUpClose.com  --   11 October 2018

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL –  The astronaut, cosmonaut crew is safe back on Earth after the Soyuz launch abort triggered this morning just two minutes after liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Oct. 11, on a mission scheduled to deliver them to the International Space Station.

Here’s a collection of photos and videos from the Soyuz MS-10 crew launch comprising NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin who planned to spend 6 months on the ISS as the Expedition 57 crew.

Both are safe and healthy after a harrowing in-flight emergency separation from the failed Soyuz FG rocket occurred at about 50 km altitude and a parachute assisted ballistic trajectory touchdown in remote Kazakhstan about 34 minutes after liftoff. 

Search and recovery crews reached the crew before they even touched down and quickly extracted them from the Soyuz capsule.

Watch this live on tape NASA replay video of the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 crew and the abort events that followed:

Video Caption: Crew Safe After Soyuz Launch Abort; NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin are in good condition following an aborted launch of their Soyuz spacecraft. The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 4:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, October 11 (2:40 p.m. in Baikonur) carrying American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster and the launch ascent was aborted, resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft. Search and rescue teams were deployed to the landing site. Hague and Ovchinin are out of the capsule and are reported to be in good condition. Note: This video is edited for length, but includes the launch, the initial report of the issue, and the confirmation that the crew landed safely.

  

The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft is launched with Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. During the Soyuz spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos, left, and astronaut Nick Hague of NASA, right, embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Dzhezkazgan after Russian search and recovery teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Thus at the moment there is no way to send new replacement crews to the ISS and NASA’s commercial crew capsules will not be ready for launch until mid-2019 or later – as I reported here recently.

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Dr. Kremer is a research scientist and journalist based in the KSC area.
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This beautiful mural at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex showcases the International Space Station where the two man American/Russian crew were heading until the emergency in flight Soyuz abort shortly after liftoff this morning Oct. 11, 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Thankfully their Soyuz MS-10 capsule ejected and they landed safe. The mural art highlights the cooperation of the multinational partners who make ISS possible to carry out science for all humankind - backdropped by the shuttle that hauled most of it to orbit.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com

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