Soyuz is a type of spacecraft that Russia — and previously, the Soviet Union — has used to launch cosmonauts and astronauts into space for decades.

Soyuz TM-31 was the first Soyuz spacecraft to dock with the ISS (International Space Station). It was launched from Kazakhstan on October 31, 2000, by a Soyuz-U rocket and carried a crew of three to ...

Soyuz Program. The year 1967 marked a turning point for Soviet human spaceflight, ... a Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TM-31, successfully delivered Expedition 1 to the ISS in October that same year.

Engineer turned financial analyst Tito, 82, was the first private individual to pay for a trip to space on Russia's Soyuz TM-32 mission in 2001, when he spent nearly eight days aboard the ...

At the age of 46, he launched to the Mir space station aboard Soyuz TM-6 on Aug. 29, 1988—16 years after becoming a Soviet cosmonaut in 1972.

But his planned November launch aboard Soyuz TM-18 was delayed until January 8, 1994. And with plans for NASA’s space shuttle to visit Mir in mid-1995, Polyakov’s mission was further cut back ...

On October 31, 2000, a remarkable event took place: it was the last day when every human being was still present on Earth. Thisdate marked thelaunch of the Soyuz TM-31 capsule from the Baikonur ...

In July of that year, Krikalev was asked - and agreed - to stay on the space station as a flight engineer for the next crew who were due to arrive in October abroad the Soyuz TM-13.

Lifetime was gradually extended from 60-90 days for the Soyuz Ferry to more than 180 days for the Soyuz-TM. Third-Generation Station: Mir (1986-present) Mir was the first permanent space station.