An incident during the launch of a Russian rocket carrying two astronauts

On Thursday, an accident occurred during the launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket with Russian and American astronauts on board, Reuters reported.

The source said that the Russian missile was on its way to the International Space Station, but the incident prevented it.

He said the astronauts were alive and would return to Earth in a forced landing, possibly in Kazakhstan.

The flight, which was launched from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, was led by astronaut Nick Haag of NASA and Alexei Offshinen of the Russian space agency Roscozmos.