The launch of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft was aborted just seconds before scheduled lift-off to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday and the crew of a Russian, a Belarusian and an American were safety evacuated.
Item 1 of 7 Specialists gather near the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft following its launch cancellation at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Pavel MikheyevSpecialists gather near the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft following its launch cancellation at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, March 21, 2024.
Then the words "automatic cancellation of the launch" came over the live stream just 20 seconds before the scheduled launch. Aborting the launch at such late notice is rare - with the rocket on the launch pad with its crew bracing for take-off. Those presenting the live stream for Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said: "Unfortunately friends, a command has been sounded to cancel the launch."The crew, including NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus, were shown in the rocket just before the cancellation.
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