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.

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.

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.

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.

The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft blasts off.

Photographers take pictures as the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft blasts off.

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.

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.