"A Russian launch site in Kazakhstan was damaged during a spacecraft launch carrying Russian and American astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), Moscow's space agency Roscosmos has said. The joint Russian-US Soyuz MS-28 mission, carrying Roscosmos astronauts Sergey Mikaev and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Chris Williams, took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 12:28pm Moscow time (09:27 GMT) on Thursday. list of 3 itemsend of list"
"But after inspecting the Baikonur Cosmodrome following the launch, Russia's state space agency confirmed that damage to a number of elements of the launchpad had been detected. An assessment of the state of the launch complex is being conducted now, Roscosmos said. All the necessary reserve elements are there to restore it and the damage will be eliminated very soon, it said."
"Immediately after the morning launch, Russian rocket launch analyst Georgy Trishkin claimed that the service cabin [had] collapsed and part of the structures had fallen on launchpad 31, causing serious damage that could suspend operations for some time. Russian space journalist Vitaly Egorov also drew attention to visible damage at the launch site that could be seen during the official broadcast."
Soyuz MS-28 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome carrying two Roscosmos cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut and successfully docked with the ISS, with the crew reported in good health. Inspections of Baikonur after the launch detected damage to multiple elements of the launchpad, and an assessment of the launch complex is under way. Roscosmos reported that reserve elements are available and that the damage will be eliminated very soon. Independent Russian space bloggers and analysts claim the damage is more severe, alleging a service cabin collapse and structural debris on launchpad 31 that could suspend operations. Baikonur is Russia's only crewed launch site, located in the Russian-leased city of Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
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