A two-man Russian-American crew has returned to Earth in their Soyuz capsule in an emergency landing following a problem with the booster rocket shortly after a launch bound for the International Space Station.
U.S., Russian Space Crew Returns Safely To Earth After Booster Failure
![The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad on October 9.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0bb9efdb-f1bd-4f3d-abf0-d2ebc525d18b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad on October 9.
![A camel is pictured in front of the Saturn tracking complex at the Russia-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 9.](https://gdb.rferl.org/36328af5-5aad-4042-a77b-cca33adaf12f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A camel is pictured in front of the Saturn tracking complex at the Russia-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 9.
![A helicopter flies above the launchpad on October 9.](https://gdb.rferl.org/54d0fdbc-32b1-4971-a264-57d0de845e59_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A helicopter flies above the launchpad on October 9.
![A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 10.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6f68e377-cd73-4725-ad5d-ca6a76f93ae5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Russian Orthodox priest blesses the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 10.
![NASA astronaut Nick Hague gestures from inside a bus prior to the launch on October 11.](https://gdb.rferl.org/038e9ede-dfd6-45f9-8586-42bd223e9a3e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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NASA astronaut Nick Hague gestures from inside a bus prior to the launch on October 11.
![U.S. astronaut Nick Hague (right) and Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Ovchinin prior to launch](https://gdb.rferl.org/9b4cec25-f105-4bfa-a845-0e4fb7386066_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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U.S. astronaut Nick Hague (right) and Russian cosmonaut Aleksei Ovchinin prior to launch
![Nick Hague of the United States and Aleksei Ovchinin of Russia board the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 11.](https://gdb.rferl.org/02eaf645-7277-4a66-b4a4-b08d462e27d1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Nick Hague of the United States and Aleksei Ovchinin of Russia board the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 11.
![The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft blasts off.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6966b6f4-cebb-4cd7-ac2d-8d2fb844ff94_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft blasts off.
![Photographers take pictures as the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft blasts off.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ecabd460-40ab-4c83-a8d9-93700d5d8098_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Photographers take pictures as the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft blasts off.
![Another angle of the blastoff.](https://gdb.rferl.org/9eae3cad-fcf0-48db-b3c4-c1603b2d049c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Another angle of the blastoff.
![The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft heads to the ISS, shortly before the booster failure that sent the crew members back to Earth.](https://gdb.rferl.org/eec03b56-102a-4233-9277-6034c4e1e68f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft heads to the ISS, shortly before the booster failure that sent the crew members back to Earth.
![The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in flight](https://gdb.rferl.org/650b61d4-a83a-4577-9c72-4b74d9818dac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft in flight
![Smoke is seen as the boosters of the first stage of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft separate after the launch.](https://gdb.rferl.org/9543fd30-325c-452f-a74d-c257aa1c6a00_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Smoke is seen as the boosters of the first stage of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft separate after the launch.