The Soyuz programme is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. It was the third Soviet human spaceflight programme after the Vostok (1961–1963) and Voskhod (1964–1965) programmes.
Artist's impression of the Soyuz 19 spacecraft from the Apollo–Soyuz mission
Soyuz TMA-13 lifting off from Gagarin's Start at Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2008
Soyuz rocket on launch pad
Soyuz TMA-3 launch
Soyuz is a family of expendable Russian and Soviet carrier rockets developed by OKB-1 and manufactured by Progress Rocket Space Centre in Samara, Russia. The Soyuz is the rocket with the most launches in the history of spaceflight.
A Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on 18 September 2006.
Soyuz rocket engines (Soyuz TMA-5)
Soyuz-FG erected at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1/5 Gagarin's Start (Soyuz TMA-13, October 2008).
Soyuz 2 ready to launch (2007)