A US astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut were forced to make an emergency landing after their Russian Soyuz rocket malfunctioned en route to the International Space Station (ISS).

Shortly after taking off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Nick Hague and Alexey Ovchinin reported a problem with the rocket's booster.

The men were forced into a "ballistic descent", with their capsule landing a few hundred miles north of Baikonur.

They have been picked up by rescuers.

"The search and recovery teams have reached the Soyuz spacecraft landing site and report that the two crew members... are in good condition and are out of the capsule," US space agency Nasa said.

Russia said it was suspending any further manned flights, and an investigation into what went wrong had begun.


What happened to the rocket?

The launch appeared to be going smoothly, but some 90 seconds later Nasa, on its livestream, reported that a problem seemed to have occurred with the booster rocket between the first and second stages of separation.

Footage from inside the capsule showed the two men being shaken around at the moment that the fault happened.

Shortly afterwards, Nasa said they were making a "ballistic descent" meaning their capsule descended at a much sharper angle than normal and would have been subjected to greater G-force - the force imposed on a body by rapid acceleration.

The capsule separated from the failing rocket and later deployed parachutes to slow its descent.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45822845

Footage of Malfunction. 0:40 for inside capsule the moment it happens.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDOtHT9jgIg


Photos show the malfunction as it happened.

Astronaut and cosmonaut rescue from ground.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L_0ebn04ec

Dem sailing on they ego trip..
Blast off on their space ship...
Million miles from reality...
No care for you no care for me

Without Mother Russia's rocket engines, the Amerikan bastards can only be watching "orbital spaceflight" on CNN.

No Group Can Stop President Buhari In 2019’- Say Presidency

The Presidency on Thursday said that there was no amount of gang-up against President Muhammadu Buhari that would stop him from emerging winner of the 2019 Presidential election.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina said the regrouping of politicians against Buhari would not stop him from reclaiming his victory in next 2019 election.

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