Tag: International Space Station
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Russians trace Soyuz rocket failure to a bent sensor; next crew to launch Dec. 3
Russian investigators say last month’s launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying two spacefliers to the International Space Station went awry because a sensor that was bent during the rocket’s assembly spoiled the separation of one of its boosters. When the damaged sensor malfunctioned, the booster didn’t separate cleanly from the Soyuz’s core, throwing the rocket…
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Dramatic on-board video shows moment of Soyuz booster failure
Пуск ракеты-носителя «Союз-ФГ» с пилотируемым кораблем #СоюзМС10. Видео с бортовых камер pic.twitter.com/ijPnwbbS4i — РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) November 1, 2018 New video released by the Russian space agency Thursday shows the moment a Soyuz rocket ran into trouble around two minutes after liftoff with a two-man crew Oct. 11, when one of the vehicle’s four first stage…
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Departing crew snaps spectacular photo survey of space station’s exterior
The International Space Station viewed Oct. 4 from the departing Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos A three-man crew that departed the International Space Station on Oct. 4 flew their Soyuz spaceship into position to take spectacular photos of the orbiting research complex as officials prepare to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first element’s launch.…
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Russians trace Soyuz launch abort to faulty sensor
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague before their Oct. 11 launch. Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov Russian investigators have traced the cause of a dramatic Oct. 11 Soyuz launch abort to a “deformed” sensor in a system that controlled the separation of a strap-on first-stage booster from…
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NASA administrator says Russians on track for December Soyuz flight to station
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at a meeting of the National Space Council on Tuesday in Washington. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani Russian engineers have a “really, really good idea” about what went wrong during a Soyuz launch to the International Space Station Oct. 11, forcing the ship’s two-man crew…
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NASA astronaut unfazed by frightening launch abort
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronaut Nick Hague pictured during training before his launch last week on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Elizabeth Weissinger Two minutes after launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket last week, NASA astronaut Nick Hague knew something had gone badly wrong. At the moment four strap-on boosters separated from…
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Soyuz failure probe narrows focus on collision at booster separation
Veteran cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev, head of Roscosmos human spaceflight programs, speaks to the press Friday in Moscow. Credit: Roscosmos Russian investigators believe a malfunction during separation of the Soyuz rocket’s four liquid-fueled first stage boosters two minutes after liftoff from Kazakhstan led to an emergency landing of a two-man crew heading for the International Space…
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Multiple replays of the Soyuz launch and abort
Replays from cameras at the Baikonur Cosmodrome capture the launch of a Soyuz booster from different angles. The usually reliable booster failed two minutes into the flight but the Russian-U.S. crew were able to make a safe emergency landing aboard inside the Soyuz capsule. Video: NASA.
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Watch a replay of the Soyuz launch and abort
Watch as Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and NASA astronaut Nick Hague launch aboard a Soyuz rocket bound for the International Space Station but a Soyuz booster failure cut short their ascent into orbit. Video: NASA Television.
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Soyuz crew lands safely after emergency launch abort
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A Soyuz rocket lifts off with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft Thursday. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls A normally reliable Soyuz FG rocket malfunctioned two minutes after liftoff from Kazakhstan Thursday, forcing a Russian cosmonaut and his NASA crewmate to execute an emergency abort and a steep-but-safe return to Earth a…