The Baiknour pad used for the launch of the latest crew to the ISS has sustained damage, raising questions about its ability to support upcoming missions.

A Soyuz-2-1a rocket carrying the NASA astronaut and two cosmonauts will launch the Soyuz MS-28 mission from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) southeast of Moscow on Thursday.

A Soyuz rocket launched on Thursday carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, as well as NASA astronaut Christopher Williams, for an eight-month mission to the International Space Station. The trio of astronauts arrived at the orbiting laboratory without incident.

A Soyuz spacecraft delivered two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut to the International Space Station Nov. 27 for an eight-month stay.

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will launch on Thanksgiving to the ISS on a Roscosmos Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Live updates from the Starlink 6-79 mission, which launched 2:53 a.m. Nov. 22 from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.