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Three Expedition 57<\/a> crew members are staying busy aboard the International Space Station<\/a> after the climb to orbit of two crewmates was aborted Thursday morning. American Nick Hague<\/a> and Russian Alexey Ovchinin<\/a> made an emergency landing shortly after launch, but are in excellent shape and back in Russia. The trio in orbit is continuing science and maintenance aboard the orbital laboratory.<\/p>\n NASA astronaut Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ovchinin are safe and returned to Moscow with mission officials after their aborted mission. The Soyuz MS-10 rocket booster experienced a failure about two minutes after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague will return to Houston, Texas, on Saturday and Ovchinin will stay in Moscow. Investigations into the cause of the failure are beginning, and the space station international partner agencies are evaluating what changes to the station\u2019s operating plan will need to be adopted.<\/p>\n The three humans still orbiting Earth are safe with plenty of supplies and work to do on orbit. Commander Alexander Gerst<\/a> and Flight Engineer Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> started their day measuring how microgravity has impacted their muscles for the Myotones<\/a> study. They then moved on to researching an ancient technique<\/a> that may be used for emergency navigation on future space missions.<\/p>\n Serena Au\u00f1\u00f3n-Chancellor<\/a> is scheduled to talk with two different school groups on Monday and Thursday next week. One of those conversations will involve the flight of Seaman Jr., a plush toy that is part of the National Park Service\u2019s celebration of its the 3,700 mile Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.<\/p>\n Flight Engineer Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> maintained life support systems in the Russian segment of the space station. He also updated the station\u2019s inventory system and checked on Russian science experiments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three Expedition 57<\/a> crew members are staying busy aboard the International Space Station<\/a> after the climb to orbit of two crewmates was aborted Thursday morning. American Nick Hague<\/a> and Russian Alexey Ovchinin<\/a> made an emergency landing shortly after launch, but are in excellent shape and back in Russia. The trio in orbit is continuing science and maintenance aboard the orbital laboratory.<\/p>\n NASA astronaut Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Ovchinin are safe and returned to Moscow with mission officials after their aborted mission. The Soyuz MS-10 rocket booster experienced a failure about two minutes after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Hague will return to Houston, Texas, on Saturday and Ovchinin will stay in Moscow. Investigations into the cause of the failure \u2026 Continue reading
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\nISS<\/p>\nStation Crew Busy With Science After Aborted Launch Ascent<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
North Africa and the Mediterranean Sea are pictured as the International Space Station orbited 254 miles above the African continent. Japan\u2019s Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle-7 (HTV-7) is pictured at left attached to the Harmony module. <\/p>\n