Russia finally explains what was wrong with the Soyuz rocket

It's only been a few weeks since the Soyuz rocket launched by the Russian space agency Roscosmos was forced to cancel its launch shortly after takeoff. The crew of two men managed to return to Earth safely, but their planned trip to the International Space Station was visibly shortened. Now, Russia thinks it knows what happened.

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In a statement to the TASS, the executive director of Roscosmos, Sergei Krikalev, explained that the initial hypothesis of a collision between the first and second stage was indeed accurate and that the first stage had accidentally hit the fuel tank the second stage. The accident was caused by a defective sensor supposed to detect the separation of the floors.

The sensor failure caused a separation problem and eventually caused the collision that paralyzed the rocket and resulted in an immediate abortion. The good news is that the abandonment system worked perfectly and that the crew managed to restore it in one piece.

NASA quickly decided that the investigation of the rocket failure was in good hands with the Russian space program and that it would remain faithful to all the conclusions drawn. With the investigation now complete, the Russians should speed up the schedule until the next manned launch to make up for lost time aboard the International Space Station.

Roscosmos is convinced that the failure of the rocket was a unique test that will not happen again. We will be eager to see how the next launch will take place.

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