US astronaut calmly spoke Russian during rocket failure: NASA head
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has revealed US astronaut Nick Hague calmly relayed information in Russian to flight controllers despite the failure of ISS-bound rocket two minutes after launch on Thursday. "He was cool...collected...doing what he was trained to do," added Bridenstine. The Soyuz capsule fell from a 50 km altitude, building up gravitational forces 6-7 times than those on Earth.