Russia Brings Crewed-Rocket Launch Pad Back Online at Baikonur
Baikonur remains central to Moscow’s space program, including missions to the ISS.
Photographer: NASA/Getty ImagesRussia finished repairing a damaged launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the country’s only site capable of sending crewed rockets into space.
The refurbishment involved the installation of new equipment at the service cabin complex, the nation’s space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement Tuesday. The site is now being prepared for the March 22 launch of a Progress cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.