American, Russian alive after Soyuz rocket fails on launch

In this photo provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, left, and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, second from right, are evacuated by the rescue team after an emergency landing near Dzhezkazgan, about 450 kilometers (280 miles) northeast of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos' Alexei Ovchinin lifted off as scheduled at 2:40 p.m. (0840 GMT; 4:40 a.m. EDT) Thursday from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, but their Soyuz booster rocket failed about two minutes after the launch.[Photo: AP]