swap_horiz Soyuz-T Alternatives

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Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 was a polished metal sphere with radio transmitters, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Its significance li...

Cold War Satellite Soviet First

9.2 Excellent

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Vostok 6

The Vostok 6 was a Soviet crewed spacecraft responsible for carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into Earth orbit on...

Cold War Soviet First Woman Crewed

9.2 Excellent

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Mercury Friendship 7

The Mercury Friendship 7 was a single-seat capsule designed for crewed orbital missions during the Cold War. It carried...

Cold War Nasa First Us Orbit Crewed

9.2 Excellent

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Gemini 12

Final Gemini mission, launched November 1966 with Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin, who successfully demonstrated productive e...

Cold War Nasa Crewed Earth Orbit

8.6 Great

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Soyuz-TM

Soviet crewed spacecraft introduced in 1986 with improved docking and propulsion systems, serving as the primary transpo...

Soviet Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.6 Great

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Soyuz-TMA

Russian crewed spacecraft introduced in 2002, modified to accommodate taller crew members and serving as the primary Int...

Russian Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.4 Great

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Soyuz-MS

Russian crewed spacecraft introduced in 2016, featuring upgraded communications, navigation systems, and docking equipme...

Russian Transport Current Crewed

8.4 Great

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Shenzhou

China's crewed spacecraft series that in 2003 carried the first Chinese astronaut to orbit, making China the third natio...

Chinese Transport Crewed Earth Orbit

8.4 Great

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Vostok 2

Soviet spacecraft that carried Gherman Titov on August 6, 1961, completing 17 orbits and making him the second human to...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

8.2 Great

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Sputnik 2

Soviet spacecraft launched November 3, 1957, that carried the dog Laika, making her the first living animal to orbit Ear...

Cold War Satellite Soviet Earth Orbit

8.1 Great

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Gemini 3

First crewed Gemini mission, launched March 23, 1965 with Gus Grissom and John Young, demonstrating the first manual orb...

Cold War Two Person Nasa Crewed

8.0 Great

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Vostok 5

Soviet spacecraft that carried Valery Bykovsky beginning June 14, 1963, setting a solo spaceflight endurance record of n...

Cold War Endurance Soviet Crewed

7.9 Good

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Vostok 3

Soviet spacecraft launched August 11, 1962, carrying Andrian Nikolayev on a nearly four-day mission that set an orbital...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.8 Good

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Vostok 4

Soviet spacecraft launched August 12, 1962, carrying Pavel Popovich simultaneously with Vostok 3 in the first group spac...

Cold War Soviet Crewed Earth Orbit

7.7 Good

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Soyuz 7K-OK

Soviet crewed spacecraft first flown in 1967 that established the foundational design for the long-running Soyuz program...

Cold War Soviet Transport Crewed

7.6 Good

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Buran

Soviet reusable spaceplane that made one uncrewed orbital flight in November 1988 before the program was cancelled follo...

Reusable Soviet Shuttle Crewed

7.6 Good

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Salyut 4

Soviet civilian space station launched December 1974, hosting two long-duration crews that conducted extensive solar phy...

Cold War Science Soviet Space Station

7.3 Good

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Sputnik 3

Soviet scientific satellite launched May 1958, designed to study Earth's upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and near-Earth sp...

Cold War Science Satellite Soviet

7.2 Good

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Salyut 5

Soviet military space station launched June 1976, the last in the Almaz military reconnaissance program, hosting two cre...

Military Cold War Soviet Space Station

6.6 Fair

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Salyut 3

Soviet military space station launched June 1974, operated by the Soviet Air Force and the only Salyut station confirmed...

Military Cold War Soviet Space Station

6.4 Fair