The Soyuz crew ship undocked from the station at 7:32 p.m. EDT today and will return to Earth at 10:55 p.m. with NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner of Roscosmos. Read more... go.nasa.gov/31su0Lm | International Space Station

🚀 SOYUZ MS-10 LAUNCH ABORT — CREW SURVIVES! October 11, 2018. Minutes after liftoff, a booster malfunction forced the spacecraft to activate its emergency escape system — something that almost never happens. Despite the sudden failure, astronauts Nick Hague (NASA) and Aleksey Ovchinin (Roscosmos) stayed calm as the capsule separated and went into a rapid descent back to Earth. The best part? ⭐ Both crew members landed safely and walked away in good condition. A powerful reminder of how advanced

On June 30, 1971, the Soviet Soyuz 11 mission ended in one of the most haunting tragedies in the history of space exploration. The crew, consisting of Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev, had just completed a record breaking 22 day stay aboard the Salyut 1 space station. During the descent to Earth, a pressure equalization valve was accidentally jarred open by the firing of explosive bolts used to separate the modules. The horror of the event was the invisible speed of the