The Soyuz 7K OK(A) Spacecraft

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The Soyuz 7K OK(A) Spacecraft on display at The National Space Centre Leicester, a photo by Melodysparks (Chris Preedy) on Flickr.

On display at The National Space Centre Leicester is the only known Soyuz spacecraft in Western Europe

Soyuz translated means Union and is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today. The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraft and was originally built as part of the Soviet Manned Lunar programme.

The Soyuz spacecraft is launched by the Soyuz rocket, the most frequently used and most reliable Russian launch vehicle to date. The Soyuz rocket design is based on the Vostok launcher, which in turn was based on the 8K74 or R-7A Semyorka, a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile. Soyuz spacecraft are launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.


this reminds me of Starbug from Red Dwarf