Crewed Dragon 2 launches in April for the Space Station.
Then say goodbye to those ancient Soviet fossils.
Second stage booster failure after separation of first stage.
Crewed Dragon 2 launches in April for the Space Station.
Then say goodbye to those ancient Soviet fossils.
That should be cosmonaut. We rely on the Russians to get into space.
It’s good to have a Plan B.
At least their emergency procedures worked.
A reliable vehicle, even in an emergency. Stark reminder that the US gave up our space flight (hopefully temporarily) and that the Soviets much-derided capability still works. EVEN IN AN EMERGENCY.
I read that the Russians have suspended future Soyuz flights pending an investigation of the Soyuz program, similar to what the United States did following the Challenger explosion. What will happen to the two cosmonauts or astronauts who were scheduled to return to Earth on this Soyuz spacecraft? Will they stay up there for another year or two?
I believe this is not the first time the Russians had to use emergency escape procedures during a Soyuz mission launch. We do know there was one other time they had to make an emergency descent during launch (this was way back in 1975) and the launch escape system was used in 1983 when the rocket caught fire while still on the launch pad.
Supposedly Roskosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin and astronaut Nick Haig pictured in the immediate aftermath of the terrifying incident.
A huge rocket just for this?
Because they have to.