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Did Russia accidentally destroy its ability to send cosmonauts into space?
On November 27th, Russia launched a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. Since then, news articles claim that Moscow has accidentally destroyed its only launch pad capable of sending humans into space. According to experts looking at the footage, this is true for the first time in decades. Roscosmos said it would repair the damage "shortly", but analysts doubt this is doable in less than a few months if not years. We take a closer lo…
Baikonur: Russia's once-mighty space infrastructure is slowly collapsing due to corruption, lack of funding, and negligence. An accident on the nearly…
This 27th November 2025 will remain as a paradoxical date in the history of the Russian space conquest. As a Soyuz rocket launched successfully towards the International Space Station, it left behind a severely damaged launch ramp. This seemed to be just a minor technical incident quickly transformed into an unprecedented crisis: [...]
According to RTVI, several factors may have caused the destruction of the launch table at Baikonura, including possible versions of the incident, sources calling for reduced control over the launch of the launch vehicle, failure of individual parts of the launch table, fatigued cracks in its elements and vibrational load on them.
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