Soyuz rocket hit by engine problem after blast-off, astronauts safe: Russian agencies
Kazakhstan |
Agence France Presse Oct 11, 2018 04:12 PM IST
Russian agencies said the two crew members, a Russian and an American, were safe.
A Soyuz rocket taking an American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station on Thursday was hit by an engine problem shortly after lift-off, Russian agencies said.
US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin have left their Soyuz capsule and are both in good condition, NASA television reported later on Thursday.
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Soyuz made an emergency landing near the city of Zhezkazgan in central Kazakhstan after its booster rockets failed in mid-air en route to the International Space Station. (Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov Editing by Gareth Jones)
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