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The Pic of the Day: The International Space Station short 2 crew members after failed launch

The International Space Station, with a crew of three on board, is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 from Suffolk, Va. On board are Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos.

 

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The International Space Station, with a crew of three on board, is seen in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 from Suffolk, Va. On board are Expedition 57 Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos.

 

Courtesy of NASA

 

You can see the moment the Soyuz rocket headed to the ISS malfunctions and is aborted in the video below:

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