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November 28th, 2025
Image credit: Roscosmos/Inside Outer Space screengrab
That recent Russian Soyuz liftoff on November 27 in Kazakhstan heading for the International Space Station (ISS) left in its wake launch pad damage.
The Soyuz MS-28 spaceship carried Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, along with NASA astronaut Chris Williams. They successfully docked with the ISS later in the day.
“Damage to several elements of the launch pad was detected,” according to Roscosmos. “An assessment of the condition of the launch complex is currently underway.”
Service cabin
The space agency said it has “all necessary spare parts” and vowed to repair the cosmodrome “in the near future.”
Image credit: Roscosmos/Inside Outer Space screengrab
The launch pad’s condition is currently being assessed, Roscosmos added. “All necessary spare components are available for repair, and the damage will be repaired shortly.”
According to the science news outlet N+1, the service cabin beneath the launch pad, which is used to access the rocket’s lower stages, was likely destroyed during the launch, observed Moscow News.
Efforts to modernize the cosmodrome, Moscow News added, “have faced delays due to chronic underfunding and geopolitical uncertainty following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Go to video of Soyuz launch that shows debris in the air at:
https://vkvideo.ru/video-27532693_456356543
Also, go to this video via Moscow News at:
Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan was damaged on Thursday following the launch of a manned Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station, the Roscosmos space agency said.
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) November 28, 2025
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