Soyuz

[ saw-yooz; Russian suh-yooz ]

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noun

one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one, two, or three cosmonauts, who carried out scientific research and developed rendezvous and docking techniques: still used to ferry crews to Soviet space stations.

Soyuz

/ sɔɪˈjʊz /

any of a series of Russian spacecraft used to ferry crew to and from space stations

Origin of Soyuz¹

From the Russian word Soyúz literally, union

Origin of Soyuz¹

C20: Russian: union

Amazingly, Nicholson found the source code for the control console of the Russian Soyuz capsule on a Russian website.

(The Soyuz was designed in the 1960s and proved so reliable that its design has not changed much since then).

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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