US astronaut Nick Hague (right) and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior to the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. AP PHOTO/DMITRI LOVETSKY
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan: Two astronauts from the United States and Russia were safe after an emergency landing on Thursday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the failure of a Russian booster rocket carrying them to the International Space Station.