Soyuz Launch Abort Traced To Damaged Sensor

Irene Klotz Mark Carreau November 18, 2019
Credit: Soyuz landing: NASA/Bill Ingalls
CAPE CANAVERAL—The launch abort experienced by a Soyuz crew last year—the first in 35 years—has been traced to mechanical damage to a sensor that prevented pressurized gas from separating one of the vehicle’s strap-on boosters, which impacted the core second stage and triggered the automated abort...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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