ISS/Russia: ‘Thank God everyone's alive’ — Cosmonaut Prokopyev on Soyuz failure
2018-10-14 18:06
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev said the 'special rescue system' ensured NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin safely returned to the Earth after their Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft was forced into an emergency landing, during a communication session with Moscow State University on Sunday.
Speaking from the ISS, he went on to say that the rescue system 'has proven its reliability,' adding 'this is one of the factors confirming the reliability of our technology.'
«Too bad the guys didn't make it to the ISS and scientific equipment as well as various cargoes were not delivered,» Prokopyev said. «But the important thing is that the guys are alive.»
Initially heading for the ISS, one of the Soyuz-FG booster rockets failed minutes after launch, forcing the crew to perform emergency landing on Oct 11.