01-11-2018 18:57 via theverge.com

Russia’s space agency reveals why last month’s rocket launch failed

Today, Russian space agency Roscosmos blamed a bend in a sensor for last month’s dramatic failure of a Soyuz rocket launch, which forced two astronauts to make a harrowing emergency landing.After the launch failure on October 11th, Roscosmos promptly started looking into the cause. Initial speculation focused on the rocket’s boosters, one of which didn’t seem to separate properly from the rest of the spacecraft.Roscosmos just released new information from the investigation, wh
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