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Soyuz Crew Vehicle Fails Mid-Flight, Astronauts OK

posted by martyb on Thursday October 11 2018, @07:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-going-to-space-today dept.

takyon writes:

Soyuz FG fails during ascent – Soyuz MS-10 crew safe after ballistic entry abort

The Russian federal space agency, Roscosmos, launched their Soyuz MS-10 crew vehicle with two new crewmembers that were set for the International Space Station. However, the launch – which took place on Thursday at 0840 UTC from Baikonur – failed a few minutes into flight. Soyuz MS-10 was then aborted on a ballistic entry, before safely landing downrange of the launch site.

The crewed Soyuz, which would normally ferry three people to the Station, was carrying a reduced crew complement as part of Russia's initiative to keep their total crew presence on Station to just two until the launch, late next year, of their primary science lab, Nauka.

However, those plans are unlikely to apply now Soyuz MS-10 has failed to arrive at the ISS, with the Soyuz FG likely to be grounded for some time as a State Commision invesigation[sic] takes place.

Also at The Verge, Reuters, and CNN, and CBS.

Hat tip to iWantToKeepAnon who also made a submission on this story.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 11 2018, @08:01PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 11 2018, @08:01PM (#747611)

    But the escape craft up there has a hole in it. Don't they have to send another one up to get them home?

  • (Score: 2, Informative) by nitehawk214 on Thursday October 11 2018, @08:13PM (4 children)

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Thursday October 11 2018, @08:13PM (#747619)

    The hole is in the orbital module, not the descent stage.

    However, I would not want to be the one returning to Earth in the holey spacecraft. Who knows what else is wrong with it.

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    • (Score: 4, Funny) by theluggage on Thursday October 11 2018, @09:47PM (3 children)

      by theluggage (1797) on Thursday October 11 2018, @09:47PM (#747674)

      The hole is in the orbital module, not the descent stage.

      The hole that they found is in the orbital module... I mean, its OK, I'm going to finish this salad because I already found the caterpillar...

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by sjames on Thursday October 11 2018, @10:18PM (1 child)

        by sjames (2882) on Thursday October 11 2018, @10:18PM (#747682) Journal

        OTOH, the choices are finish the salad they have inspected, another salad from the same kitchen with less time to inspect it, or wait for the guy who has never prepared food for human consumption before to finish building his kitchen and get it inspected.

        The first and third option are less likely to present further caterpillars, but the third is months away.

        • (Score: 2, Funny) by Sulla on Friday October 12 2018, @12:16AM

          by Sulla (5173) on Friday October 12 2018, @12:16AM (#747722) Journal

          I would go with option one, I think that finding a dragon in my salad could be quite unpleasant.

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      • (Score: 3, Funny) by Rivenaleem on Friday October 12 2018, @09:50AM

        by Rivenaleem (3400) on Friday October 12 2018, @09:50AM (#747838)

        Would have been worse if you found half a caterpillar.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Thursday October 11 2018, @08:18PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Thursday October 11 2018, @08:18PM (#747622) Journal

    https://www.space.com/42009-nasa-space-station-soyuz-air-leak-update.html [space.com]

    The air leak was detected on Aug. 29 after a slight drop in pressure aboard the station, which was then traced to a 0.08-inch-wide (2 millimeters) hole in a Soyuz capsule that docked to the space station in June and will remain there until October. The hole was successfully patched, and because it is in a module that does not return to Earth, it will not impact the ability of astronauts to return in December [space.com].

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