WATCH: Emergency landing for Space Station astronauts following rocket failure on take-off

TWO astronauts on board a flight to the International Space Station have made an emergency landing back on earth after booster rockets on their Soyuz craft failed.
The capsule containing NASA’s Nick Hague and Roscosmos’ Alexei Ovchinin has landed in Kazakhstan and helicopters and rescue teams have been sent to locate them.
The space agency said: “The Soyuz capsule is returning to Earth via a ballistic descent, which is a sharper angle of landing compared to normal. Search and rescue teams are heading towards the expected touchdown location of the spacecraft and crew.”
They have since added: “Search and rescue teams report they are in contact with the Soyuz crew, who report they are in good condition.
“The teams are en route to the landing site.”
The flight was aborted shortly after the launch from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan which should have involved a four-orbit, six-hour journey to the International Space Station.
A NASA spokesperson said that the ISS crew members currently in-orbit have been “notified of the launch contingency”.

LIFTOFF! Shooting into the sky at 4:40am ET, the Soyuz rocket carrying @AstroHague and Alexey Ovchinin leaves Earth on a four-orbit, six-hour journey to the @Space_Station. Watch: https://t.co/BjMDNrNorR pic.twitter.com/0Cfm0Uu2Jx

— NASA (@NASA) October 11, 2018

https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1050337299542753280

#СоюзМС10: космонавт Роскосмоса Алексей Овчинин и астронавт @NASA Ник Хейг сейчас находятся в Жезказгане и проходят обследование перед вылетом.

Генеральный директор Роскосмоса Дмитрий Рогозин (@Rogozin) принял решение о транспортировке космонавтов на Байконур. pic.twitter.com/b1IzKZZI8O

— РОСКОСМОС (@roscosmos) October 11, 2018