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Soyuz deep space explorer bow

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

e-exl01-20085

Date

2012-11-19

A manned Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft docked with a three-person extended stay module begins to leave Earth orbit with the aid of a Russian-made upper stage booster rocket. This view is from behind the service module of the Soyuz spacecraft which would be the leading end of the assembly when the upper stage booster rocket is fired.