US EditionRussia Launches First Mission from Repaired Baikonur Pad
The Progress MS-33 cargo ship launched carrying about 2.5 tons of supplies to the ISS, marking the first mission from the repaired Baikonur pad since its November damage.
- On Sunday, March 22, 2026, Russia's Roscosmos launched a Soyuz-2.1a rocket booster carrying the Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft from a repaired Baikonur Cosmodrome pad, restoring flights to the International Space Station.
- The Baikonur pad had been out of commission since it was badly damaged in November during a Soyuz MS-28 crewed spacecraft launch with two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut, causing a months-long disruption to Russia's ISS launch capability.
- Roscosmos launched the unpiloted Progress 94 spacecraft carrying about three tons of supplies at 7:59 a.m. EDT, with NASA providing live coverage.
- After a roughly two-day trip, the Progress spacecraft will autonomously dock to the Poisk module's space-facing port at about 9:34 a.m. on March 24, remaining for about six months.
- For more than 25 years, people have lived continuously aboard the International Space Station, with Progress 92 undocking on March 16 and burning up harmlessly on re-entry.
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Russia's Soyuz Rocket Relaunch: A Triumph from Baikonur
Russia's Soyuz Rocket Relaunch: A Triumph from Baikonur In an impressive display of resilience and technical capability, Russia launched a Soyuz rocket from the refurbished Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch occurred at 1200 GMT on Sunday, signaling Russia’s renewed access to the International Space Station (ISS).The Soyuz-2.1a rocket carried the Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft into orbit, according to Russia's space agency. This miss…
The firing pitch had been damaged on 27 November during the take-off to the ISS of a Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian-American crew. The damage, considered significant, required several months of repair.
The rocket placed the Progress MS-33 cargo spacecraft into orbit.
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