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Soyuz rocket illustration Soyuz-TM Spacecraft Drawing

Soyuz Page Updated

Soyuz Overview

The Soyuz program got off to a rocky start. Two early missions, Soyuz 1 in 1967, and Soyuz 11 in 1972, both ended in disaster. Despite these early setbacks, Soyuz has proved invaluable to the operation of orbiting space stations. The value of Soyuz goes far beyond simply carrying crew to and from space. Soyuz, capable of spending six months docked to a station, can serve as a lifeboat, allowing a space station to be evacuated at any time if conditions require it. Progress supply ships, based on Soyuz technology, can supply orbiting stations with fuel, water, food, spare parts, and other critical items.

Without Soyuz and Progress, continuous crewing of orbital outposts would not be possible.

More information about Soyuz and Progress spacecraft.


Posted 15 June 2010

Rockets, Rockets, and more Rockets!

Over the past few months, I have added over 200 illustrations to Historic Spacecraft. Many of these have been rocket illustrations and are normally found on relevant pages throughout the site. I thought it would be neat to see what they look like all in one place.

I still need to finish more of the Saturn rockets (nearly done). The Soviet N-1, Energia, and Buran are in the works. I haven't started yet on the various Chinese and Indian rockets. They will all eventually be added to the site.

Thor missile illustration Thor-Able Rocket illustration Thor-Agena Rocket illustration Delta-B Rocket illustration Delta-D Rocket illustration Delta-E Rocket illustration Delta-M Rocket illustration Delta-2914 Rocket illustration Delta-3920 Rocket illustration Delta-7326 Rocket illustration Delta-7925 Rocket illustration Delta-7426 Rocket illustration Delta-7925 Rocket illustration Delta-7925-8 Rocket illustration Delta-7925-10L Rocket illustration Delta-7925H Rocket illustration Delta-4M Rocket illustration Delta-4 medium plus rocket illustration Delta-4 Heavy Rocket illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Titan 1 missile illustration Titan 2 missile illustration Gemini Titan rocket illustration Titan 3A rocket illustration Titan 3C rocket illustration Titan 3B rocket illustration Titan 3C MOL illustration Titan 3B Ascent Agena rocket illustration Titan 3E rocket illustration Titan 34D rocket illustration Commercial Titan III Titan 23G illustration Titan 4A missile illustration Titan 4B missile illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Soviet R-7 missile illustration Sputnik rocket illustration Luna rocket illustration Vostok rocket illustration Voskhod.jpg rocket illustration Molniya rocket illustration Soyuz rocket illustration Progress rocket illustration Soyuz-Fregat rocket illustration Proton-UR500 rocket illustration Proton-Zond rocket illustration Proton-K rocket illustration Proton-Zvezda rocket illustration Zenit-2 rocket illustration Zenit-3SL rocket illustration UR-100N rocket illustration Eurockot rocket illustration SS-20 Missile illustration SS-25 Missile illustration Start-1 rocket illustration Start rocket illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Atlas-A missile illustration Atlas-B missile illustration Atlas-B Score illustration Atlas-D ICBM illustration Atlas-Able missile illustration Atlas-Agena illustration Atlas-F ICBM illustration Atlas Mercury illustration Atlas-H illustration Atlas-LV-3C Centaur illustration Atlas-SLV-3C illustration Atlas I Centaur Rocket illustration Atlas II Centaur Rocket illustration Atlas IIAS Centaur Rocket illustration Atlas III Centaur Rocket illustration Atlas V 400 Rocket illustration Atlas V 500 Rocket illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Japanese L-4S rocket illustration Japanese M-3-SII rocket illustration Japanese M-V-7 rocket illustration Japanese N-1 rocket illustration Japanese N-2 rocket illustration Japanese H-1 rocket illustration Japanese H-2 rocket illustration Japanese H2A-202 rocket illustration Japanese H2B rocket illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Saturn 5 Rocket Space Shuttle illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Ariane 1 rocket illustration Ariane 2 rocket illustration Ariane 3 rocket illustration Ariane 40 rocket illustration Ariane 44P rocket illustration Ariane 44LP rocket illustration Ariane 44L rocket illustration Ariane 5 rocket illustration Ariane 5 rocket illustration Vega rocket illustration Soyuz-Fregat rocket illustration 1.8 Meter Human Figure Athena-2 rocket illustration

Posted 14 June 2010

© Richard Kruse, 2006 - 2010 except where otherwise noted.
This document last modified Tuesday, 15-Jun-2010 00:59:22 EDT


Minor Updates

14 June 2010
More illustrations added to the Venus probes page.

16 May 2010
Asteroid and Comet Space Probes page created.

12 May 2010
Venus probes page created.

12 May 2010
Russian rockets page created. Still more to add.