Author Topic: FAILURE: Soyuz-FG - Soyuz MS-10 - October 11, 2018 - Baikonur (UPDATES) (Read 206679 times)

jacqmans · « **Reply #240 on:** 10/11/2018 12:07 pm »

October 11, 2018
RELEASE 18-089

NASA Statement on Soyuz MS-10 Launch Abort

The following is a statement about Thursday’s Soyuz MS-10 launch aboard to the International Space Station:

“The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 4:40 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 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. They will be transported to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia outside of Moscow.

“NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and the NASA team are monitoring the situation carefully. NASA is working closely with Roscosmos to ensure the safe return of the crew. Safety of the crew is the utmost priority for NASA. A thorough investigation into the cause of the incident will be conducted.”

For additional information about the International Space Station and its crews, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/station

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #241 on:** 10/11/2018 12:16 pm »

https://twitter.com/GovernmentRF/status/1050357841029197824

Artyom. · « **Reply #242 on:** 10/11/2018 12:22 pm »

From Russian TV:

centaurinasa · « **Reply #243 on:** 10/11/2018 12:29 pm »

End of NASA TV coverage…..

Artyom. · « **Reply #244 on:** 10/11/2018 12:37 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #245 on:** 10/11/2018 12:55 pm »

SciNews · « **Reply #246 on:** 10/11/2018 12:56 pm »

the capsule

centaurinasa · « **Reply #247 on:** 10/11/2018 01:05 pm »

https://twitter.com/roscosmos/status/1050370594792005633

centaurinasa · « **Reply #248 on:** 10/11/2018 01:18 pm »

Plane with two cosmonauts land at Baikonur...

SciNews · « **Reply #249 on:** 10/11/2018 01:20 pm »

More images

Artyom. · « **Reply #250 on:** 10/11/2018 01:22 pm »

centaurinasa · « **Reply #251 on:** 10/11/2018 01:35 pm »

Dmitry Rogozin.

gdelottle · « **Reply #252 on:** 10/11/2018 01:41 pm »

Apart any other consideration stressed in the thread, I would really like to know how the crew feels about this. On one side you survived to a major accident that may cost your life. On the other you lost an opportunity you prepared for years and your whole life may take a completely different direction, as re-establishing human flight may take months (hope not years...) and you may end at the bottom of the cosmo/astronaut queue.

Today may represent a turning point in human space flight.

FinalFrontier · « **Reply #253 on:** 10/11/2018 01:45 pm »

Quote from: gdelottle on 10/11/2018 01:41 pm

Apart any other consideration stressed in the thread, I would really like to know how the crew feels about this. On one side you survived to a major accident that may cost your life. On the other you lost an opportunity you prepared for years and your whole life may take a completely different direction, as re-establishing human flight may take months (hope not years...) and you may end at the bottom of the cosmo/astronaut queue.

Today may represent a turning point in human space flight.

They are probably just happy they didn't blow up and die. If this were any other vehicle in that failure mode they probably would have.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #254 on:** 10/11/2018 01:47 pm »

https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb/status/1050382180130742273

Phillip Clark · « **Reply #255 on:** 10/11/2018 01:50 pm »

Quote from: FinalFrontier on 10/11/2018 01:45 pm

They are probably just happy they didn't blow up and die. If this were any other vehicle in that failure mode they probably would have.

Remember that variants of the Soyuz spacecraft were the foundation of Russia's failed manned lunar programme. Even though the Proton-K and N-1 launch vehicles had the nasty tendency to fail to reach orbit, the Soyuz-type launch escape system would reliably recover the Soyuz descent module. So, it is well-proven.

ChrisC · « **Reply #256 on:** 10/11/2018 01:56 pm »

Quote from: Chris Bergin on 10/11/2018 10:35 am

Updates only from this point please.

UPDATES ONLY HERE PLEASE. Here are links to a few relevant discussion threads:

FAILURE: Soyuz MS-10 - October 11, 2018 - Baikonur (DISCUSSION)
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=46546.0

Implications of Soyuz MS-10 launch failure on ISS, crew rotation,Commercial Crew
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=46541.0

SpaceX Falcon 9 / Dragon 2 : SpX-DM1 : Jan. 2019 : General Thread
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=36966.msg1866153#msg1866153

Commercial Crew Schedule Analysis
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=37802.msg1866098#msg1866098

EDIT: added new discussion thread, thanks Norm38

centaurinasa · « **Reply #257 on:** 10/11/2018 02:05 pm »

UTC + 3

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #258 on:** 10/11/2018 02:29 pm »

Launch view from ISS:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_alex/44335552035/in/dateposted/

Eosterwine · « **Reply #259 on:** 10/11/2018 02:32 pm »

The cloud that appears does look similar to the Space X CRS7 failure

https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/SpaceX_crs7_oncourse-879x485.jpg