Soyuz program (space station operations phase)

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human spaceflight program spacecraft operations phase

The Soyuz program (space station operations phase) is the long-running era in which Soyuz spacecraft have primarily served as crew transport and lifeboats for space stations such as Salyut, Mir, and the International Space Station.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Soyuz program	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human spaceflight program ⓘ spacecraft operations phase ⓘ
associatedWith	ISS Zvezda service module NERFINISHED ⓘ Mir core module NERFINISHED ⓘ Salyut 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Salyut 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ Salyut 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
backupRole	served as backup access to orbit for partner agencies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
crewCapacityTypical	3 ⓘ
crewExchangeMode	direct handover of station crews via overlapping Soyuz vehicles ⓘ
dockingSystem	APAS-89 (for Mir-Shuttle compatible missions) NERFINISHED ⓘ probe-and-drogue docking system ⓘ
historicalContext	followed early Soyuz lunar and solo-orbital mission phase ⓘ
internationalCooperation	carried international partner astronauts to space stations ⓘ
landingRegion	Kazakhstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchVehicle	Soyuz rocket family NERFINISHED ⓘ
missionProfile	three-module spacecraft with orbital, descent, and service modules ⓘ
notableFeature	longest continuously operating crew transport system in human spaceflight ⓘ served as sole crew access to ISS for several years after Space Shuttle retirement ⓘ
operator	Roscosmos NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet space program NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Soyuz program NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	crew transport to space stations ⓘ space station lifeboat operations ⓘ
reentryType	capsule reentry with parachute landing on land ⓘ
safetyRole	permanent lifeboat docked to space stations ⓘ
servesSpaceStation	International Space Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Mir NERFINISHED ⓘ Salyut space stations NERFINISHED ⓘ
spacecraftTypeUsed	Soyuz 7K-T NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz MS NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz T NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz TM NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz TMA NERFINISHED ⓘ Soyuz TMA-M NERFINISHED ⓘ
startPeriodApprox	1971 ⓘ
startUseWithStation	Salyut 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
statusAsOf2024	ongoing ⓘ
supportsActivity	long-duration space station expeditions ⓘ short-duration visiting missions ⓘ space tourism flights to space stations ⓘ
usedFor	crew rotation ⓘ emergency return from orbit ⓘ transport of astronauts ⓘ transport of cosmonauts ⓘ
usesSpacecraft	Soyuz spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

TsKBEM → developedForProgram → Soyuz program (space station operations phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soyuz program

Soyuz 1 → program → Soyuz program (space station operations phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soyuz program

Soyuz program (early phase) → successor → Soyuz program (space station operations phase) ⓘ

Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center → trainingForProgram → Soyuz program (space station operations phase) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soyuz program