The latest crewed launch of Russia’s usually reliable Soyuz rocket was called off just seconds before liftoff on Thursday.
The latest launch of Russia’s usually reliable Soyuz rocket was called off just seconds before liftoff on Thursday, with the three crewmembers — including one NASA astronaut — now waiting for their next opportunity to fly to the International Space Station .
Recommended Videos Today’s Soyuz launch was aborted at the 20-second mark. The spacecraft and crew remain safe. Teams at Baikonur will provide updates as they make assessments. pic.twitter.com/xPBtWtDDsh Related In an update on its website, NASA said the launch had been “automatically scrubbed by ground support equipment due to low voltage reading in the Soyuz rocket electrical system.”
Meanwhile, a SpaceX cargo mission for the ISS got underway from the Kennedy Space Center as planned on Thursday, sending vital supplies and science experiments to the orbital outpost. One of the most dramatic incidents in recent years involving the Soyuz spaceflight system occurred in 2018 when the ISS-bound MS-10 mission failed to reach orbit after a problem developed with the main booster early on in the flight. The two-person crew was saved by the emergency launch escape system, which pulled the Soyuz spacecraft away from the malfunctioning rocket before it descended to Earth with the assistance of parachutes, as if returning from a regular mission.
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