Astronaut Nick Hague speaking about the Soyuz MS-10 launch

NASA astronaut Nick Hague speaking about the Soyuz MS-10 in-flight abort. On 11 October 2018, at 08:40 UTC (14:40 local time), a Soyuz-FG rocket launched the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Due to an issue with the booster, the spacecraft separated and the capsule returned in a ballistic decent mode. The crew members, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, were safely recovered.

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[lipo]

The first American to survive a launch failure, well done Soyuz designers!

[F-Man]

Unbelievable! The only American astronaut to experience a launch abort - one of only a handful of people to survive the failure of a launch vehicle. Insane story he now has to tell!

[serpentus]

Alexey Ovchinin already said in the interview for RT that he would like to fly next time in one crew with Nick. Exactly and precisely with Nick. I think it's something about human chemistry and I hope it will happened in spring of 2019. Contrary to our political squabbles and the eternal problems with the budget of NASA and Roscosmos. Guys like them are living by the dream of Space.

[ErikTheVikingMechanic]

All global news are like "disaster with Russian rocket failure during launch, ballistic trajectory!!!" and actual cosmonauts be like " sometimes things don't go according to plan, no biggie we are trained for this"

[schr]

I just love the "Zero G indicator". An old Soviet/Russian tradition of hanging a small stuffed/fluffy animal from the instrument panel to show when zero G sets in.

[jacqainsworth]

I love the layers to his looking out the window to check on their attitude. I guess in those incredible moments you find fathomless clarity.

[AmbientMorality]

"Looking out the window and realizing - looking down at the curvature of the earth and the blackness of the earth - that I got close, but it wasn't gonna be this time"

[meliss]

I admire you and Ovchinin. I'm glad that you two are safe. I respect what you do, all of you, going into space. 👏

[Pintuuuxo]

As always the astronauts show their fantastic qualities that made them be selected to go to the ISS (for the time being). Nick keeps talking about the Soyuz with great appreciation although it failed. Very nice from him. I hope that he is scheduled to fly again sooner or later.

[weschilton]

So glad you both made it back safely and I hope you get another chance to get to space again soon.

[Ryan-mqmi]

This was his 1st trip to space! Fast forward five years I have good news, he’s been selected for Crew-9 mission aboard the crew Dragon capsule on a falcon-9 rocket 🚀

[SubsidedLemon]

Great vid. Is it just me or is the sound desynced?

[almellon]

Not this time, but you were closer than most of us ever have the chance to be. Congratulations to both and your families.

[forestsoceansmusic]

Astronauts are the pick of the crop -- great scientists, top physical shape, and...gentlemen too.

[hobbygaertner]

I am so happy the Launch Escape System worked so well. I would go up in a Soyuz any time.

[Joaocruz]

THANK GOD and Korolev! My deepest sorrows for your loss of Iss. But all end well! Cheers from Portugal!

[forestsoceansmusic]

2:40 in -- "They take us up to 8 G's when we're doing the training." The Mercury Program astronauts were allowed to see how far they could go -- how many G's they could take, with many of them getting into the teens. I think the record was 18 G's (Carpenter?) without blacking out. (They could kill the centrifuge at any time with a hand-held button.) I also remember reading that the Atlas and Titan boosters subjected the astronauts to 10 G's on lift off.

[babkubwa]

Now that you realize capabilities of Soyuz, you should advise NASA to fit a Soyuz capsule in their shuttles.

[vasilist]

Cheers, guys of MS-10!! Have only soft landings in the future!

[ChrisHyde]

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