Crew of Soyuz spacecraft evacuated safely after launch cancellation - TASS

The crew of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, whose launch to the International Space Station (ISS) was cancelled on Thursday, was successfully evacuated, the TASS news agency reported, citing a source.

The launch of Soyuz, which was meant to carry Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the ISS, was cancelled at the last minute on Thursday. (Writing by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)