Soyuz MS-10 was a crewed Soyuz MS spaceflight that aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 due to a failure of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle boosters. MS-10 was the 139th flight of a Soyuz space
Launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the MS-10 spacecraft
Hague and OvchininSoyuz programme (crewed)← Soyuz MS-09Soyuz MS-11 →
Launch vehicle, plume from escape tower, 4 boosters, and debris after separation
The crew greeting their families in Baikonur hours after emergency landing
Soyuz MS-09 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 6 June 2018. It transported three members of the Expedition 56/57 crew to the International Space Station. MS-09 is the 138th flight of a Soyuz spa
Soyuz MS-10
…was also expected. A few weeks prior to the failed launch, another investigation had commenced into how a hole came to be drilled into the wall of the Soyuz MS-09 capsule that was then docked at the International Space Station. After collecting the debris of the rocket, the Soyuz MS-10 commission started the…
Soyuz MS-09 docked to the Rassvet module
From left: Prokopyev, Gerst and Auñón-ChancellorSoyuz programme (crewed)← Soyuz MS-08Soyuz MS-10 →
Hole in the Soyuz MS-09 module
Oleg Kononenko on EVA to examine the external hull, standing on a Strela crane