MOSCOW, Oct. 16. / TASS /. The actions of the space rocket showed how reliable they were when the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft came on the scene, MS-10 Commander Alexei Ovchinin told RT International News Channel on Tuesday.
“For my part, I, and not only myself, was once again convinced of the reliability of our space rocket and this should, therefore, be a feature that should not be feared. When it comes to operation, the rocket will work and it will work properly, “the cosmonaut stressed.
Ovchinin also thanked everyone who took part in the preparation for the flight and the rescue operation after the emergency.
A Soyuz-FG carrier rocket was launched by a Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with a crew from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, at 11:40 am in Moscow. On board the spacecraft were Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin (commander of the Soyuz MS-10) and NASA astronaut Nick Hague.
After a smooth build, Soyuz’s rise increased between the first and second stages of separation, thereby forcing the crew to stop flying and switch to ballistic landing. The manned Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft ended up in the Kazakh steppe.
Russia’s Central Military Press news office said rescuers recovered the team from the rescue capsule. Later, the crews were inspected and found to be in good condition. After their medical examination in the city of Baikonur, the astronauts were transported to Moscow.
This is the first emergency trip with this type of carrier rocket in the last 35 years.
NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who returned to Moscow from the Baikonur spaceport on October 12 after the Soyuz flight failure, flew to the United States on October 13, the news service of the Cosmonaut Training Center told TASS.