A Soyuz launch at Baikonur damaged Russia’s only launchpad capable of sending astronauts and crucial propellant to the ISS. “The rocket itself headed to space without incident, taking three astronauts — Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev of Russia and Chris Williams of NASA — to the space station,” reports the New York Times. “But the force of the rocket’s exhaust shoved a service platform used for prelaunch preparations out of its protective shelter. The platform…

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