Soyuz T-10A

Sometimes it's better not to go to space. This week, we're talking to guest and space industry engineer Robin about the story of Soyuz T-10A or "that time the LES flung a Soviet crew to safety 3 seconds before their rocket detonated".
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Sources:
- Soyuz T-10A: The First Crewed On-Pad Abort (drewexmachina.com/2019/09/26/soyuz-t-10a-the-f…), Drew LePage
- Russianspaceweb (russianspaceweb.com/soyuz_sas.html), Anatoly Zak
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