In this picture taken from video launched via Roscosmos house company, carrier towers decrease prior to the release of the Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft sporting NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus to the International Space Station, ISS, at the Russian-leased Baikonur release facility in Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 23, 2024. The staff’s release was once first of all scheduled for Thursday, nevertheless it was once aborted via an automated protection device about 20 seconds earlier than the scheduled liftoff. Officials mentioned the release abort was once brought about via a voltage drop in an influence supply. (Roscosmos house company by means of AP)
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MOSCOW – A Russian Soyuz rocket sporting 3 astronauts to the International Space Station blasted off Saturday, two days after its release was once aborted at the closing minute.
The spacecraft sporting NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus introduced with no obvious issues from the Russian-leased Baikonur release facility in Kazakhstan.
The release have been deliberate for Thursday however was once halted via an automated protection device about 20 seconds earlier than the scheduled liftoff. The head of the Russian house company, Yuri Borisov, mentioned the release abort was once brought about via a voltage drop in an influence supply.
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