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Two months after mishap, Russian Soyuz rockets back into space with crew
Less than two months after a booster separation issue with a Soyuz rocket caused a dramatic, high-gravity landing, the Russian vehicle soared back into space on Monday at 6:31 ET (11:31 UTC). The launch from Kazakhstan, under mostly clear, blue skies, was nominal as each of the rocket's first, second, and third stages fired normally.
The launch sent NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian David Saint-Jacques, and Russian Oleg Kononenko into space aboard their Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft. After making four orbits around the Earth, their Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the Russian segment of the International Space Station at 12:35pm ET (17:35 UTC) Monday.
According to SpaceFlightNow.com the docking was successful.
Previously: Soyuz Crew Vehicle Fails Mid-Flight, Astronauts OK
Soyuz Failure Narrowed Down to Collision Between Booster and Core Stage
NASA Confident in Soyuz, Ready for Crewed Launch in December
Roscosmos Completes Investigation into October Soyuz Failure, Finds Assembly Issue
(Score: 2) by drussell on Tuesday December 04 2018, @12:31AM (1 child)
How many people here watched the launch or docking (or, in my case both,) live?
I just happened to be up at in the wee hours of the morning and so I manage to even catch the launch live. :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 06 2018, @01:55AM
NASA channel FTW! Hard to believe they shot it up, and after multiple freaking trips around the planet, their aim was still so good that they could dock. Hard to believe just how tiny the Soyuz are! Incredible. I wish I'd wanted to be an astronaut as a child.
Also, woo, Kazakhstan. They're trying hard and mattering more and more in weird tech ways like this.