NASA to Air International Space Station Update Briefing Today

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	October 11, 2018  MEDIA ADVISORY M18-151 NASA to Air International Space Station Update Briefing Today International Space Station Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA embrace their families after landing at the Krayniy Airport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. Hague and Ovchinin arrived from Zhezkazgan after Russian Search and Rescue teams brought them from the Soyuz landing site. During the Soyuz TM-10 spacecraft's climb to orbit, an anomaly occurred, resulting in an abort downrange. The crew was quickly recovered and is in good condition. Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls MEDIA ADVISORY: M18-151 NASA to Air International Space Station Update Briefing Today NASA will hold a news conference at noon EDT today, to provide a status update on the International Space Station following this morning’s Soyuz spacecraft abort during launch that ended with the safe landing of two Expedition 57 crew members. The briefing will originate from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and air live on NASA TV and the agency’s website. The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft carrying Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 4:40 a.m. EDT (2:40 p.m. Baikonur time). Shortly after launch, there was an anomaly with the booster and the ascent to orbit was aborted resulting in a ballistic landing of the spacecraft in Kazakhstan. Search and rescue teams were deployed to the landing site, and Hague and Ovchinin were recovered from the capsule and are in good condition. They were then transported to the launch site at Baikonur, where they were greeted by their families, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, and other NASA and Roscosmos officials. The news conference participants are: Kenny Todd, International Space Station Operations Integration Manager Reid Wiseman, Deputy Chief Astronaut U.S. reporters who would like to cover the news conference in person must request credentials from the Johnson newsroom as soon as possible by calling 281-483-5111.  Reporters who would like to participate by telephone must call the newsroom by 11:45 a.m. Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), NASA Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor and Roscosmos Flight Engineer Sergey Prokopyev, who arrived at the station in June, were informed of the launch abort and are continuing to operate the station and conduct important scientific research. More information on the launch abort is available at: https://www.nasa.gov/mediaresources Get breaking news, images and features from the space station on social media at: https://instagram.com/iss and https://www.twitter.com/Space_Station -end-
	Press Contacts Kathryn Hambleton​ Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 kathryn.hambleton@xxxxxxxx Gary Jordan Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 gary.j.jordan@xxxxxxxx
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