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Soyuz

so-YOOZ
Crewed Spacecraft

A Russian crewed spacecraft family in continuous service since 1967, longer than any other crewed spacecraft design. It has ferried cosmonauts and, since the Space Shuttle's retirement in 2011, astronauts of other nations to and from the International Space Station.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Crewed capsule 2
Launch Date
1967-04-23 2
Date of its first crewed flight, Soyuz 1.
Manufacturer
RKK Energia (formerly the Korolev Design Bureau) 1
Status
Operational; still flying crewed missions to the International Space Station as of the mid-2020s. 2
Status
Status (category)
Active 1
Connections

Mission Of

International Space Station Program, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia: Soyuz (spacecraft)

Operated By

Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies

Soyuz spans the 1991 handover: the spacecraft family was designed for and first flown under the Soviet space program from 1967; following the Soviet Union's December 1991 dissolution, Roscosmos (renamed from the Russian Federal Space Agency in 2015) continued to develop and fly Soyuz, and still does. This link is kept and names the current post-1991 operator; a separate operated-by link to the Soviet space program names the original one.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies

Covers Soyuz's original 1967-1991 Soviet-era development and operation; Roscosmos (kept, separate edge) covers 1991-present.

Additional Source Wikipedia: Soyuz (spacecraft)Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia, lead section (Korolev Design Bureau)
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Soyuz (spacecraft)
  • Infobox, status
  • Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia - infobox and development section
    Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia)
  • Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia - lead section IPA (respelled to ASCII)
    Soyuz
  • In Group: Crewed Space Capsules, Soyuz (Russian: Союз, IPA: [sɐˈjus], lit. 'Union') is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet spac
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Soyuz (spacecraft), Wikipedia, lead section (Korolev Design Bureau)
    It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau
  • Part Of: International Space Station Program, Article text: mission or program
    Soyuz was the sole means of crewed transportation to and from the International Space Station
  • Mission Of: International Space Station Program, Article text: mission or program
    Soyuz was the sole means of crewed transportation to and from the International Space Station
View the Source
2. Encyclopedia Astronautica
Wikipedia: Soviet space program
Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: R-7 Semyorka
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