Soyuz-2 rocket preparing to launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in June, 2013.
Image Credit: Russian Space News
Posted on 01/01/2015 1:04:42 PM PST by BenLurkin
Soyuz 2 launcher currently operates alongside the Soyuz-U (mainly used for launching the unmanned Progress Resupply Spacecraft to the International Space Station) and the Soyuz FG (primarily used for human flights with the Soyuz Spacecraft for missions to ISS), but according to Spaceflight 101, the Soyuz 2 will eventually replace the other vehicles once they are phased out.
In fact, in October of 2014, the Soyuz 2 in 2014 had its first launch of a Progress cargo spacecraft. Other achievements were that the last two launches of the year were conducted without the aid of DM blocks – a derivative of the Blok D upper stage launch rocket developed during the 1960’s.
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They can go to the Moon in that so-far non-existent “new generation” [sic] spacecraft, but first, an elementary school student can send their hamster there using a Dollar Tree helium balloon. :’)
They can go to the Moon in that so-far non-existent “new generation” [sic] spacecraft, but first, an elementary school student can send their hamster there using a Dollar Tree helium balloon. :’)
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