A regular breakdown

The Federal Space Agency cannot yet name the reasons why the landing of the descent apparatus with the ISS went on a reserve option using a ballistic descent. This was announced by the head of Roscosmos Anatoly Perminov, RIA Novosti reports.

According to him, the descent device "at the very last moment fell into the ballistic trajectory." “Most likely, the state of the atmosphere and the position in which the ship was located influenced,” Perminov suggested, emphasizing that along the ballistic trajectory, the descent apparatus overcame the “very small distance - about 50 km”. “For us it was a complete surprise,” the head of the space industry admitted.

“The descent along the ballistic trajectory is still a regular moment, although we, of course, had to worry,” said the head of Roscosmos. According to him, "they were worried not because there was a ballistic trajectory, but because there was no connection for a long time." “There was no connection until we saw the descent device from the aircraft, we received the first information from the plane that the descent device was lying on its side, there was a small fire - the grass around it was burned, it means that the engines have not worked out, in addition, the descent capsule was not pulled out on the ground,” Perminov said.

“The ballistic descent ... is the only different thing in that there is more overload,” he said. “Nevertheless, this option is full -time, although the reserve“ Perminov also emphasized that in the future specialists will “approach all the systems of the ship more carefully” to exclude descent along the ballistic trajectory.

With a ballistic descent, the astronauts experience overloads not 3-4 units, as with ordinary, but 8-9.

According to Perminov, all astronauts feel good. The pulse of the Malaysian astronaut, who stayed in space for only 11 days, is 72 strokes per minute. The Russians Fedor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov, whose orbital business trip lasted six months - 80-90 beats per minute. The best, according to the head of Roscosmos, feels Sheikh Mushafar Shukor.

The evacuation of the crew of the Soyuz ship was completed at 14.58 Moscow time. At 14.49, the first search and rescue helicopter sat near the descent apparatus, which lies on the side.