Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? Late last year, a Soyuz rocket launched three astronauts to orbit from the Russia-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. But there was more "blast" to the Nov. 27 blastoff than intended. The launch damaged Site 31 at Baikonur, Russia's only active pad that supports crewed liftoffs to the International Space Station (ISS). As clean-up crews at the pad did their post-launch inspections, "damage to several launch pad components was identified," officials with Russia's space agency Roscosmos said in a statement at the time. "The launch pad's condition is currently being assessed," Roscosmos stated, adding that "all necessary spare components are available for repair, and the damage will be repaired shortly." Site 31's "service cabin" was severely damaged, leaving the entire launch infrastructure unavailable for use.…