[cabojoe]

Nasa TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0

[csvset]

From RT.

Soyuz rocket carrying crew to ISS malfunctions during launch, crew faces emergency landing

The Russian Soyuz rocket carrying two crewmembers suffered a booster malfunction during launch in Kazakhstan.

“The boosters on a second-stage launching vehicle switched off,” the sources at the Baikonur Cosmodrome told Interfax news agency. “The crew is alive. They had made an emergency landing.”

[Vermont Lt]

I guess training to the point of muscle memory works again.

They did not have much time to make a decision. They just pulled the plug. Rocket travel is a dangerous thing.

[LibWhacker]

The last inflight failure of a crewed Soyuz rocket was the Soyuz 18 on 5 April 1975. In that case the Soyuz aborted at T+295 seconds. The crew, which was headed to the Salyut 4 space station, experienced 21 G during descent their descent but landed safely.

[Right Wing Assault]

I saw this as a minor article on Drudge. I would think this would be a major headline story.

As usual, the Daily Mail has great coverage.

They have several videos, one from inside the capsule.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6264339/Rocket-launch-booster-malfunction-forces-astronauts-return-Earth-ballistic-entry.html

[Yo-Yo]

Since we pay Russia for flights up to the International Space Station, do we get a refund?

[Freelance Warrior]

Roskosmos (39 mins ago)

Alexey Ovchinin and Nick Hague feel O.K.They have passed a medical examination and no problems have been found. They're drinking tea and joking now. Interfax (in Russian)