Soyuz (rocket family)
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Soyuz is a family of Soviet and later Russian expendable, medium-lift launch vehicles initially developed by the OKB-1 design bureau and has been manufactured by the Progress Rocket Space Centre in Sa
A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on 14 July 2026.
Soyuz rocket engines
Soyuz-FG erected at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1/5 (nicknamed Gagarin's Start) ahead of Soyuz TMA-13 in October 2008.
Soyuz 2 ready to launch (2007)
R-7 (rocket family)
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The R-7 rocket family is a series of launch vehicles descended from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, developed in the 1950s as the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. While the R-7 proved imprac
Soyuz (rocket family)
…Centre in Samara, Russia. The Soyuz family holds the record for the most launches in the history of spaceflight. Most Soyuz rockets are part of the R-7 rocket family, which evolved from the R-7 Semyorka, the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile. As with several Soviet launch vehicles, the names of recurring…
A Soyuz-2.1a launch for Expedition 74 in 2024. It remains a contemporary utilization of the R-7 platform.
Sojuz TMA 9 into flight