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1 Soyuz rocket  





2 Soyuz spacecraft  





3 Derivatives  





4 Soyuz crewed flights  





5 Soyuz uncrewed flights  





6 Gallery  





7 See also  





8 References  














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Soyuz programme
Союз Космическая Программа
Soyuz Kosmicheskaya Programma
Artist's impression of the Soyuz 19 spacecraft from the Apollo–Soyuz mission
Program overview
CountrySoviet Union
Russia
OrganizationRoscosmos (1991–present)
StatusOngoing
Programme history
First crewed flightSoyuz 1
Launch site(s)Baikonur
Vehicle information
Uncrewed vehicle(s)Progress
Crewed vehicle(s)Soyuz
Crew capacity1–3
Launch vehicle(s)
  • Soyuz-FG
  • Soyuz-2
  • The Soyuz programme (/ˈsɔɪjuːz/ SOY-yooz, /ˈsɔː-/ SAW-; Russian: Союз [sɐˈjus], meaning "Union") 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.[1] It was the third Soviet human spaceflight programme after the Vostok (1961–1963) and Voskhod (1964–1965) programmes.[2]

    The programme consists of the Soyuz capsule and the Soyuz rocket and is now the responsibility of the Russian Roscosmos.[3][4] After the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, Soyuz was the only way for humans to get to the International Space Station (ISS) until 30 May 2020, when Crew Dragon flew to the ISS for the first time with astronauts.[4][5]

    Soyuz rocket[edit]

    Soyuz TMA-13 lifting off from Gagarin's Start at Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2008
    Soyuz rocket on launch pad

    The launch vehicles used in the Soyuz expendable launch system are manufactured at the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center (TsSKB-Progress) in Samara, Russia. As well as being used in the Soyuz programme as the launcher for the crewed Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz launch vehicles are now also used to launch robotic Progress supply spacecraft to the International Space Station and commercial launches marketed and operated by TsSKB-Progress and the Starsem company. Currently Soyuz vehicles are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northwest Russia and, since 2011, Soyuz launch vehicles are also being launched from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.[6] The Spaceport's new Soyuz launch site has been handling Soyuz launches since 21 October 2011, the date of the first launch.[7] As of December 2019, 19 Guiana Soyuz launches had been made from French Guiana Space Centre, all successful.[8][9][10]

    Soyuz spacecraft[edit]

    The basic Soyuz spacecraft design was the basis for many projects, many of which were never developed. Its earliest form was intended to travel to the Moon without employing a huge booster like the Saturn V or the Soviet N-1 by repeatedly docking with upper stages that had been put in orbit using the same rocket as the Soyuz. This and the initial civilian designs were done under the Soviet Chief Designer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, who did not live to see the craft take flight. Several military derivatives took precedence in the Soviet design process, though they never came to pass.

    A Soyuz spacecraft consists of three parts (from front to back):

    There have been many variants of the Soyuz spacecraft, including:

    Derivatives[edit]

    The Zond spacecraft was designed to take a crew around the Moon, but never achieved the required degree of safety or political need. Zond 5 did circle the Moon in September 1968, with two tortoises and other life forms, and returned safely to Earth although in an atmospheric entry which probably would have killed human travelers.

    The Progress series of robotic cargo ships for the Salyut, Mir, and ISS use the engine section, orbital module, automatic navigation, docking mechanism, and overall layout of the Soyuz spacecraft, but are incapable of reentry.

    While not a direct derivative, the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft follows the basic template originally pioneered by Soyuz.[11][12]

    Soyuz crewed flights[edit]

    Soyuz uncrewed flights[edit]

    1. Kosmos 133 - launch failure
  • Kosmos 140 - reentry damage
  • Kosmos 186
  • Kosmos 188
  • Kosmos 212
  • Kosmos 213
  • Kosmos 238
  • Soyuz 2 - failed to dock
  • Kosmos 379
  • Kosmos 396
  • Kosmos 434
  • Kosmos 496
  • Kosmos 573
  • Kosmos 613
  • Kosmos 638
  • Kosmos 656
  • Kosmos 670
  • Kosmos 672
  • Kosmos 772 - partial fail
  • Soyuz 20
  • Kosmos 869
  • Kosmos 1001
  • Kosmos 1074
  • Soyuz 34
  • Soyuz T-1
  • Soyuz TM-1
  • Soyuz MS-14
  • Soyuz MS-23
  • Gallery[edit]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Harland, David M. "Soyuz". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  • ^ Hendrickx, Bart (2018). "Russian Life Support Systems: Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz". In Seedhouse, Erik; Shayler, David J. (eds.). Handbook of Life Support Systems for Spacecraft and Extraterrestrial Habitats. Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–15. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09575-2_39-1. ISBN 978-3-319-09575-2. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  • ^ Wild, Flint (27 June 2018). "What Is the Soyuz Spacecraft?". NASA. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  • ^ a b O'Callaghan, Jonathan (9 April 2020). "The Last Soyuz - NASA Ends Reliance On Russia With Final Launch Before Crew Dragon". Forbes. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  • ^ Luscombe, Richard; Sample, Ian (30 May 2020). "SpaceX successfully launches Nasa astronauts into orbit". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  • ^ "Soyuz & Vega at the Spaceport". Archived from the original on 15 April 2009.
  • ^ "Galileo: Europe readies itself for October launch". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  • ^ "CNES at Europe's Spaceport". European Space Agency. ESA. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  • ^ "ESA at Europe's Spaceport". European Space Agency. ESA. Archived from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  • ^ "Arianespace at Europe's Spaceport". European Space Agency. ESA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  • ^ Shenzhou-5 – Quick Facts Archived 1 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Astronautix.com. Retrieved on 23 October 2013.
  • ^ "ShenZhou Manned Spacecraft". sinodefence.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  • ^ "Launch and Landing". NASA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  • ^ Oberhaus, Daniel. "SpaceX Launched Two Astronauts—Changing Spaceflight Forever". Wired. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  • ^ "LA times, U.S.-Russian Crew Blasts Off to Space, By David Holley, 26 April 2003, Times Staff Writer". Los Angeles Times. 26 April 2003. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  • ^ Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science: In Space to Stay, By Walter Sierra, page 225-226, 2019

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