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Russia Plans Quick Return to Space—With an American Aboard
After a rocket accident last month, crew shuttles to the space station are to resume next month.
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The next manned Soyuz rocket launch is scheduled for Dec. 3, less than two months after an aborted mission sent two astronauts plunging back to Earth.
The failed Oct. 11 takeoff aborted at an altitude of 50 miles as it climbed toward the International Space Station. One of the Soyuz’s four first-stage engines “abnormally separated and hit the second-stage rocket that led to the loss of stabilization,” NASA said Thursday.