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ISS launch hit by engine problem after blast-off: Russian agencies

MOSCOW, Oct 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Soyuz rocket taking an American
astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station on
Thursday was hit by an engine problem shortly after lift-off, Russian
agencies said.

The two crew members were “alive and set to land in Kazakhstan,” Russian
media reported.

BSS/AFP/MSY/1513 hrs