Soyuz Returns to Historic Pad | Bismarck News

Russia just launched a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan’s historic pad — the same one Yuri Gagarin used in 1961 — carrying two Russian cosmonauts and NASA’s Anil Menon, marking the first crewed flight from the upgraded site. With NASA and Roscosmos leaders in attendance, the mission underscores their enduring partnership despite global tensions, especially after a recent Soyuz component failure that NASA helped fix. Menon, on his first spacewalk, joins cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina — the only woman currently in orbit — for a year-long ISS stay, proving that even in uncertain times, space collaboration endures. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/15b99947bf8ac2c6