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 by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 16, 2018
The cosmonaut also explained that cosmonauts and astronauts alike all hope that everything goes according to plan. Sergei Prokopyev, a Russian cosmonaut currently stationed aboard the International Space Station, has unveiled the true fear that plagues every member of the ISS crew. "What cosmonauts and astronauts are afraid of is the cancellation of their space launch," Prokopyev said during a TV broadcast from the station. "They all hope that everything goes as planned." Prokopyev's commentary comes in the wake of an accident which occurred on October 11 during the launch of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with two new ISS crew members on board. Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin NASA astronaut Nick Hague safely returned to Earth in a jettisoned escape capsule. The incident became the first failure of a manned space launch in modern Russian history. The crash is being investigated by a special commission of Russia's space agency Roscosmos. All manned launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome have been suspended until the commission reveals the causes of the failure. Source: Sputnik News
The forgotten age of space West Lafayette IND (SPX) Oct 15, 2018 In 1990, Michael Smith had been living in Moscow for four months, rooming with a Russian family and conducting research in the city's libraries and archives, when he witnessed the slow collapse of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of its space program, reducing prominent engineers to mere repair technicians. "I was inspired by living with Russians, seeing the pride they gave to their space program while their economy and government fell apart around them," Smith said. "I lived with the family o ... read more
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