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Russian cosmodrome damaged after Soyuz launch to ISS (www.dw.com)
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[–] becausechemistry@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

It’s the structure that rolls under the rocket to allow techs to work on the engines and stuff while it’s vertical. It rolls out of the way, behind some heat shielding, before and during launch. Looks like the heat shielding failed or it moved, either way it got cooked.

Source: everyone’s favorite internet rocket Scotsman