Flight MS-10
Crew abort flight after post-launch rocket failure
118
seconds into the flight
Escape tower and first
stage separate
126 miles
Third stage would
have separated
100 miles
Second stage would have
separated, third stage ignition
Seconds later
Flight is aborted. Capsule separates from third stage and falls back to earth in a ‘ballistic landing’
28
miles
Parachute slows capsule’s fall. Capsule crash-lands about 250 miles from the launch pad
Baikonur
Launch
site
200
miles
400
600
Kazakhstan
Baikonur
Launch site
Crash site
Flight MS-10
Crew abort flight after post-launch rocket failure
100 miles
Second stage would
have separated,
third stage ignition
126 miles
Third stage would
have separated.
Soyuz would have
entered orbit phase
118
seconds into the flight
Escape tower and first
stage separate
Seconds later
Flight is aborted. Capsule separates from third stage and falls back to earth in a ‘ballistic landing’
Launch site
Crash site
Kazakhstan
28 miles
Parachute slows capsule’s fall. Capsule crash-lands about 250 miles from the launch pad
Baikonur
Baikonur
Launch site
200 miles
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