Astronauts Escape Failing Rocket - Soyuz Did Not Go To Space Today
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Published 2018-10-11
This video is already a little out of date:
Timeline on NASA site is incorrect, Launch Escape Tower does indeed jettison near to staging time, shroud jettisons 40 seconds later. The capsule was pulled from the rocket using the shroud motors.
This is the first time in hundreds of space flights that a crew had to use an in flight abort system.
At this time Soyuz is the only rocket able to send astronauts to the space station and the current crew will have to return home in 2 months. If the situation isn't resolved there's a chance the ISS will be left empty for a while.
All Comments (21)
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Scott, the tower was indeed jettisoned, what pulled the crew out to safety was the shroud, it has thrusters and can do it and it has being reported by NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei that that's what exactly has happened. The tower is jettisoned BEFORE booster sep, so by the time of the failiure the tower was already out and indeed there is other footage that shows the tower releasing from the rocket as expected and then a few seconds later the failiure happens at booster sep.
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The fact they bailed and survived just fine shows the several decades long proven record of the system.
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I speak Russian and was watching the incident live. As the fault happened, there was only one communication from the Space Crew, saying ДЕРЬМО. Roughly translated " SSHHHHIIIIITTTTTTTTTT"
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bartender pours a single jigger into a glass: man replies "i just fell out of a damn rocket, gimme the bottle."
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4:30 I love the fact that the cosmonauts had the presence of mind to turn off the recording system before they started swearing. Now that's some self-control :-)
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The moment I heard of the abort, my first thought was "I wonder if Scott knows what happened."
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Why didn't they revert to launch tho?
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Impressive that the abort worked so safely. Glad these guys are OK - spaceflight is such an important venture and we need to get better at doing it safely. Props to the engineers!
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Im russian and i can say only one thing - shit happens. Meanwhile in our news sayed that something going wrong with connections between stages. Anyway it's the second Soyuz fail in history. Glad to see alive astronauts.
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“Leave the ISS empty”... inviting squatters to set up residence!!!
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I like how they called it ‘Ballistic descent mode’ that’s PHD for ‘OH My God! We are going to Crash!’
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Rockets can be replaced....human lives not..glad the crew made it out Alive!
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A few fun facts about the crew that escaped the burning Soyuz on ground using the tower : - When the tower was activated, the capsule underwent an acceleration of FIFTEEN Gs for 5 seconds - During these five seconds, it broke the sound barrier twice - After it landed 4 kilometers away from the launch pad, the Russian crew was recovered safely, and the first question they asked was "So, when do we go back ?"
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The Souyz saved lives since 1983 when activation of LES saved Vladimir Titov and Gennady Strekalov. Soyuz just rocks! My only hope that engeenirs of SpaceX, Boeing and Lockheed will put the same passion to the safety of their capsules as Korolev and his teem did for Soyuz.
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I'm glad the crew is safe !
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I'm so pleased that the safety equipment worked so well. I confess that I am impressed by the reliability of Russian spacecraft.
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"Turned off the capsule recorders so that they could scream obscenities..." I totally understand that part, trust me I do...
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When you disable revert to Launch for the first time
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We have to congratulate Roscosmos. They managed to complete Earth-to-Earth mission before SpaceX.
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I'm just glad everyone is safe. Remember people, "Space is hard".
