Astronauts Fall Back To Earth

A Soyuz rocket intended to carry a Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut failed during launch and plummeted back to earth in the skies above Kazakstan on Thursday morning. Luckily, rescuers maintained contact and reached the downed men before helicoptering them back to safety. The rocket's boosters failed high in earth's atmosphere en route to the International Space Station, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing.