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Soyuz deep space explorer over the Moon

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

e-exl01-20087

Date

2012-11-19

A manned Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft docked with a three-person extended stay module soars over the Moon with the aid of a Russian-made upper stage booster rocket. The upper stage booster is on the left with the Soyuz spacecraft on the right and the extended stay module in the middle of the assembly.