Soyuz program (space station operations phase)

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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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Soyuz program 3

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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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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