Russia Can’t Go to Space Anymore Its Only Gateway Has Been Destroyed
The Russia space program has faced a historic setback after the Baikonur accident For the first time in more than six decades, Russia — the nation that once sent the first human to space — can no longer launch its own astronauts. A catastrophic structural failure at Baikonur Cosmodrome has destroyed Russia’s only operational gateway for human spaceflight , forcing Roscosmos to halt crewed missions indefinitely. The collapse happened moments after the recent Soyuz launch, when the service platform beneath the pad plunged into the exhaust trench, severely damaging the infrastructure essential for sending cosmonauts into orbit. This single failure has pushed the entire Russian human-spaceflight program into crisis. 🚀 A Historic Setback Since 1961 , when Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union) has maintained human spaceflight capability continuously — through political collapse, economic turmoil, and scientific competition. Even after NAS...