Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was struck by lightning just 10 seconds after take-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome… but it still weathered the tough hit.
The thunderstorm began shortly before launch of the device which is carrying the Glonass-M navigation satellite. Yet, the strike was no obstacle for the cosmodrome team, and the space journey continued as planned.
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That's tough and really good engineering. Elon Musk rocket blew even no lightning strikes.
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:), again the heavens will always win... lighting... who could have thaught... anyway, when will an asteroid strike :), they said hypersonic... still too slow :).
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What a coincidence. It's lucky lightning can't be created and directed using machines made by man, or people might start looking at these events differently. Nothing to see here. Move along.
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I am glad it survived the strike!
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Amazing. I bet the cosmonauts had to change their shorts after that.
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