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Spaceships

The little spaceships that could! The Soyuz manned spacecraft and Progress cargo ship have been the mainstays of the Russian program for decades, and now are a vital part of the International Space Station project. There is also some information about the Soyuz and Proton rockets that launch these ships.

The Russian space shuttle Buran and the Mir Space Station are now (unfortunately) in the past, and future spacecraft designs are uncertain prospects, so these are only covered briefly.

There are some extracts from the SoyCOM (Soyuz Crew Operations Manual) in various places; the manual is for the Soyuz TM version, from 1999.

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