Russia’s Soyuz rocket suffers a rare failure, and a space station cargo ship is lost.
NASA
The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The rocket is being prepared for launch June 8 to carry the crew of Expedition 28 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi)
(NASA/Carla Cioffi)
Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/soyuz-failure.jpg)