page_title: Soyuz abort modes
hierarchical_section_title: Soyuz abort modes
caption_attribution_description: English: The Soyuz TMA-8 capsule was mated March 27, 2006, to its booster in preparation for the March 30, 2006, (Kazakhstan time) launch carrying Expedition 13 crew members, astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA International Space Station science officer and flight engineer; cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Russia’s Federal Space Agency International Space Station commander; and astronaut Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member. Baikonur Cosmodrome, Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
context_page_description: In the event of catastrophic failure, the Soyuz spacecraft has a series of automated and semi-automated abort modes to rescue the crew. The abort systems have been refined since the first manned flights and all abort scenarios for the Soyuz MS are expected to be survivable for the crew.
context_section_description: In the event of catastrophic failure, the Soyuz spacecraft has a series of automated and semi-automated abort modes (Rus. Система аварийного спасения (САС)) (literally - System for Emergency Rescue (SER)) to rescue the crew. The abort systems have been refined since the first manned flights and all abort scenarios for the Soyuz MS are expected to be survivable for the crew.
caption: The capsule and escape system of the Soyuz TMA-8 mission during assembly
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