Russia stops all manned launches due to Soyuz rocket accident

Baku. 11 October. REPORT.AZ/ Russia will temporarily suspend all manned launches over failure during the launch of Russian Soyuz rocket with the new crew of the International Space Station, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Yury Borisov said, Report informs citing RIA Novosti.

“In such a situation, the launches are stopped until the entire situation is analyzed in order to ensure safety,” Borisov said.

According to him, the situation is kept under special control.

Notably, a carrier has crashed today, during the launch of the Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur test site to the International Space Station.