Lt. Col. Catie Hague, professor of aerospace studies and commander of the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Houston, breathed a sigh of relief when her husband, Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut Nick Hague, returned to solid ground following his first mission to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The October mission was grounded after booster failure resulted in an emergency landing shortly after launch.

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1. Astronaut Nick Hague describes "violent shaking" during failed Soyuz rocket launch
2. An astronaut's wife: The impact on a family when husband goes to space
3. Air Force Dad Prepares for the Ultimate Military Deployment as He Blasts Off Into Space
4. Astronaut describes plunge back to Earth during failed launch
5. As their careers take off, Air Force women try to balance work and family
6. NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Gets New Space Assignment After Scary Launch Abort
7. Q&A: Professor’s husband to launch into space next week