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Russia’s Launch Pad 31: From Ruin to Revitalization
Back on blastoff day late last year, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched a three person crew toward the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. But there was more “blast” to the November 27, 2025 liftoff than intended. That takeoff impacted the pad at Baikonur — Russia’s only active send-off site to support crewed […]
Russia Completes Repairs to Site 31, Next Cargo Launch on March 22
Russia has completed repairs to Site 31, the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome used for sending crews and cargo to the International Space Station. A structure that supports the launch platform collapsed immediately following the launch of the most recent Soyuz crew in November. Despite what appeared to be significant damage, Roscosmos successfully worked to get it ready for the next Progress cargo mission scheduled to launch on March 22. Ro…
Roscosmos has published this video with medium epic music «acongojante» to accompany the news that the launch platform 31/6 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome is already repaireddam1. It has been a nothing trivial work of just over two months in which they have assembled a new service booth from components that the agency «had loose around» and that were not all manufactured according to the same plans. This has involved preparing and painting 2.
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