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Soyuz crash could kill the ISS and set space flight back decades

Soyuz crash could kill the ISS and set space flight back decades

The near future of human spaceflight is looking dangerously uncertain. On 11 October, a Russian Soyuz craft carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station had an issue with one of its boosters, causing a crash landing about 400 kilometres away from the launch site in Kazakhstan.

The astronauts came away alive and intact, but the failed flight may complicate things on the ISS – perhaps permanently.

US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, are in good condition, but after an extremely bumpy ride – including …