NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, who were on board of the failed Soyuz spacecraft, will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) next spring, but the exact date will be set later, Sergey Krikalev, the executive director of manned space programs at the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, said on Tuesday
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th October, 2018) NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, who were on board of the failed Soyuz spacecraft, will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) next spring, but the exact date will be set later, Sergey Krikalev, the executive director of manned space programs at the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos, said on Tuesday.
On Thursday, the booster failed to launch the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft toward the ISS from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Just minutes after the liftoff, the mission was aborted due to the booster's malfunction. The two-man crew escaped in a rescue capsule and returned on Earth unharmed. Immediately afterward, the Russian side, which had built the booster, launched an investigation into the incident.
"This is the next year, most likely in spring, because the guys are ready, they have trained for the flight most recently. It makes sense to fly them, it is most appropriate. The exact dates will probably be updated in accordance with the flight schedule, but we will try to fly them as soon as possible," Krikalev told the RT broadcaster.
