Three crew members safe after launch to International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome aborted

Published: 21 March 2024 at 17:10

Three crew members, including NASA astronaut Tracy C Dyson and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy, were safe after an automatic abort of their scheduled launch to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The abort was triggered 20 seconds before the launch due to a service tower failure. The crew\'s next launch opportunity is on Saturday pending resolution of the abort cause. Meanwhile, a separate cargo resupply mission with SpaceX\'s Dragon spacecraft is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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