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-FG rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on 18 September 2006.
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)
Soyuz-U
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Soyuz-U was a Soviet and later Russian expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed by the TsSKB design bureau and constructed at the Progress factory in Samara, Russia. The U designation stands for
Soyuz-U carrying the first crew to the International Space Station on the Soyuz TM-31 mission, October 2000
A Soyuz-U on the launchpad for the Soyuz 18 mission
Sojuz TMA 9 into flight
Soyuz TMA 7 spacecraft 2edit 1