What is Soyuz MS-10?
[[File:Expedition 57 Launch (NHQ201810110004).jpg|right|220px|thumb|The launch of Expedition 57 where MS-10 was inside of]] '''Soyuz MS-10''' was a manned [[Soyuz (spacecraft)|Soyuz]] spaceflight which aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018 in [[Russia]]. The mission lasted roughly 30 minutes before being aborted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chow |first1=Denise |title=Soyuz astronauts' emergency descent was a harrowing, high-G ordeal |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/astronauts-emergency-descent-was-harrowing-high-g-ordeal-ncna919246 |website=NBC News |date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> MS-10 was the 139th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. It was planned to transport two members of the [[Expedition 57]] crew to the [[International Space Station]]. A few minutes after liftoff, the craft went into contingency abort due to a booster failure and had to return to Earth. Both crew members, [[Roscosmos]] cosmonaut [[Aleksey Ovchinin]] and [[NASA]] astronaut [[Nick Hague]], were recovered alive in good health.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2018/10/11/crew-in-good-condition-after-booster-failure/|title=Crew in Good Condition After Booster Failure |last=Garcia |first=Mark |website=NASA Space Station |date=11 October 2018|access-date=11 October 2018}}</ref> The MS-10 flight abort was the first instance of a manned booster accident at high [[altitude]] in 43 years, since [[Soyuz 18a]] similarly failed to achieve orbit in April 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/10/11/soyuz-crew-lands-safely-after-emergency-launch-abort/|title=Soyuz crew lands safely after emergency launch abort|website=Spaceflight Now|last=Harwood|first=William|date=11 October 2018|access-date=12 October 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:2018 in Russia]] [[Category:Spacecraft]] [[Category:October 2018 events]] [[Category:2010s in spaceflight]] {{Transport-stub}}