WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a
news conference at noon EDT today, to
provide a status update on the International Space Station
following this morning's Soyuz spacecraft abort during launch that
ended with the safe landing of two Expedition 57 crew members.
The briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston and air live on NASA TV
and the agency's website.
The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying Nick
Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space
agency Roscosmos launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan at 4:40 a.m. EDT (2:40
p.m. Baikonur time). Shortly after launch, there was an
anomaly with the booster and the ascent to orbit was aborted
resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft in Kazakhstan.
Search and rescue teams were deployed to the landing site, and
Hague and Ovchinin were recovered from the capsule and are in good
condition. They were then transported to the launch site at
Baikonur, where they were greeted by their families, NASA
Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and
other NASA and Roscosmos officials.
The news conference participants are:
- Kenny Todd, International Space
Station Operations Integration Manager
- Reid Wiseman, Deputy Chief
Astronaut
U.S. reporters who would like to cover the news conference in
person must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom as soon
as possible by calling 281-483-5111. Reporters who would like
to participate by telephone must call the newsroom by 11:45 a.m.
Expedition 57 Commander Alexander
Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), NASA Flight Engineer
Serena Auñón-Chancellor and
Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey
Prokopyev, who arrived at the station in June, were informed
of the launch abort and are continuing to operate the station and
conduct important scientific research.
More information on the launch abort is available
at:
https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources
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