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Soyuz MS-10 Crew Arrives at Chkalovsky Airport After Failed Launch (VIDEO)

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CHKALOVSKY, Moscow Region (Sputnik) – A Russian Tu-134 plane owned by the Roscosmos space agency carrying the crew members of the Soyuz spacecraft who made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after the failed launch of the vehicle at Baikonur, arrives at the Chkalovsky military airport in the Moscow Region.

According to the website Flight Radar that shows real-time aircraft flight information, the Tu-134 plane with the registration number RF65150 flew over the territory of Kazakhstan and has approached Moscow.

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The Soyuz TMA-19M capsule carrying International Space Station (ISS) crew members, Tim Peake of Britain, Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Tim Kopra of the U.S., descends beneath a parachute just before landing near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on June 18, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The crew safely returned to Earth in a jettisoned escape capsule. Roscosmos has launched an inquiry into the accident.

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