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Soyuz
[saw-yooz, suh-yooz]
noun
one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one, two, or three cosmonauts, who carried out scientific research and developed rendezvous and docking techniques: still used to ferry crews to Soviet space stations.
Soyuz
/ ɔɪˈʊ /
noun
any of a series of Russian spacecraft used to ferry crew to and from space stations
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Soyuz1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Soyuz1
Example Sentences
His trip comes 41 years after cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to fly aboard a Russian Soyuz in 1984.
His trip comes 41 years after cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to fly to space aboard a Russian Soyuz in 1984.
Last month a Soyuz rocket decorated to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome.
On the other hand, Russia’s Luna-25 escaped the Earth’s gravity quickly riding a powerful Soyuz rocket.
Nasa retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011, leaving the agency reliant on Russia's Soyuz craft to get to and from the ISS, and having two American companies to perform the missions has been a key goal for some time.
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