The malfunction that caused the cancellation of the launch of the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft on March 21 can be compared to a car battery boiling. This was stated by the head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, whose words were reported by. RIA News.
“Everyone has probably experienced a car battery boiling. This is something similar. “This unfortunate error occurred due to the malfunction of the thermostat relay,” he said.
Borisov also said that the launch of the ship was canceled 20 seconds before the start. According to him, the automation stopped the start-up preparatory work cyclogram due to the fact that it received information about the voltage drop in the chemical current source.
On the afternoon of March 23, the Soyuz MS-25 manned spacecraft and the Soyuz-2.1a launch vehicle containing three crew members were successfully launched. started From the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
March 21 reportedIt was stated that the launch of the Soyuz rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft was cancelled. Cosmonauts from around the world, including the first Belarusian cosmonaut, were expected to take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and reach the International Space Station.
Previously historian Alexander Zheleznyakov statedIt was stated that the cancellation of the Soyuz-2.1a rocket launch with a crew during the countdown phase was the first in the field of Russian manned cosmonautics.