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The Soyuz-FG rocket launcher with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying a new crew bound for the ISS International Space Station, is flying in the sky at the Russia-leased cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, October 11, 2018. The Russian rocket US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. The two astronauts make an emergency landing after a Russian launch rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station failed after its launch. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
Two astronauts from the United States and Russia were safe after an emergency landing Thursday in the Kazakhstan steppes following the breakdown of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to the Station. international space.
NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Alexei Ovchinin of Roscosmos took off as scheduled at 2:40 pm. (08:40 GMT, 16:40 EDT) Thursday from the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia to Kazakhstan, at the top of a Soyuz booster rocket. Roscosmos and NASA said that Soyuz 's three – storey booster had suffered an emergency stop on his second floor. The capsule left the rappel and entered a ballistic descent, landing at a sharper angle than normal.
The failure of the launch mark an unprecedented incident for the Russian space program, which was continued by a series of launch failures and other incidents.
"Thank God, the crew is alive," Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, when it became clear that the crew had landed in all security.
They had to dock at the outpost in orbit six hours later, but the recall failed a few minutes after launch.
NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos said the astronauts were in good condition after their capsule landed about 20 kilometers east of the city of Dzhezkazgan in Kazakhstan.
The search and rescue teams were heading to the area to retrieve the crew. Dzhezkazgan is about 450 kilometers northeast of Baikonur. Space ships returning from the ISS normally land in this region.
US astronaut Nick Hague, on the right, and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, members of the mission crew aboard the International Space Station before launching the Soyuz-FG rocket in the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia, Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Yuri Kochetkov, picture of the pool via AP)
The Soyuz-FG rocket launcher with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying a new crew bound for the ISS International Space Station, is flying in the sky at the Russia-leased cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, October 11, 2018. The Russian rocket US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. The two astronauts make an emergency landing after a Russian launch rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station failed after its launch. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
Smoke rises to the first floor of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying a new crew bound for the ISS International Space Station, separated after the launch of Russia's rented Baikonur cosmodrome, Thursday, October 11 2018. The Russian rocket carries American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin. The two astronauts make an emergency landing after a Russian launch rocket carrying them into orbit to the International Space Station failed after its launch. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
The managing director of the Russian state-owned company Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, right, accompanies Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the mission crew at ISS International Space Station, at the rocket before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket in the cosmodrome rented by Russia, Baikonur. Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Yuri Kochetkov, photo of the pool via AP)
US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, a member of the International Space Station (ISS) lead shipping team, walk before the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
US astronaut Nick Hague, a member of the main crew of the International Space Station (ISS), passes a bus to his son before the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket in the cosmodrome rented by Russia, Baikonour , in Kazakhstan, on Thursday, 11 October. 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
American astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, right, members of the International Space Station (ISS) main dispatch team, discuss with their loved ones through a glass of security before the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft at Baikonur Cosmodrome leased by Russia, Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
US astronaut Nick Hague, a member of the main team of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), makes gestures before the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in the cosmodrome rented by Russia, Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, a member of the International Space Station (ISS) lead shipping team, walk before the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia, Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, a member of the International Space Station (ISS) lead shipping team, walk before the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia, Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)
US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main International Space Station (ISS) expedition team, take the floor before the launch of the Soyuz MS-spacecraft. 10 in the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia, Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
US astronaut Nick Hague, a member of the main team of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), speaks with his relatives through a safety glass before the launch of the Soyuz MS spacecraft -10 in the Baikonur cosmodrome rented by Russia, Kazakhstan, Thursday, October 11, 2018. (Photo AP / Dmitri Lovetsky)
Experts from the Russian Space Agency help American astronaut Nick Hague, a member of the main team of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), to get up after the Inspection of his spacesuit before the launch of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft at the rented Baikonur Russian Cosmodrome machine, Kazakhstan, on Thursday 11 October 2018. (AP photo / Dmitry Lovetsky)
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