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Soyuz deep space explorer

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

e-exl01-20086

Date

2012-11-19

A manned Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft docked with a three-person extended stay module leaving Earth orbit with the aid of a Russian-made upper stage booster rocket. This view is from behind upper stage booster with the Soyuz spacecraft at the far end and the extended stay module in the middle of the assembly.