The Soyuz Gallery
The Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft departs from the International Space Station on April 8, 2006. Image credit: NASA
Cosmonauts Walery Bykowski (left) and Siegmund Jahn in front of the Soyuz 29 capsule after landing September 3, 1978. Image credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-T0905-107 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Soyuz-A manned spacecraft concept, circa 1963. Image credit: NASA
Colonel Vladimir Komarov and the Soyuz 1, circa 1967. Image credit: NASA
Soyuz 1 crash site west of Karabutak, Orenburg in the Soviet Union on April 24, 1967. Image credit: NASA
Memorial column with a bust of Komorov at the crash site. Image credit: Lyudmila F-S (CC BY-SA 4.0)
1964 Soviet Union 4 kopeks stamp celebrating Cosmonaut Vladimir Mikhailovich Komarov. He was the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice and the solo pilot of Soyuz 1, and the first human to die in space flight on April 24, 1967.
The liftoff of Soyuz 2 on June 6, 1971. Image credit: NASA/RIA Novosti
The Soyuz 2 crew of Georgi T. Dobrovolski, Viktor I. Patsayev, and Vladislav N. Volkov in the Soyuz simulator. NASA/Images courtesy of RKK Energia.
USSR stamp memorializes Soyuz 2 Cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev who lost their lives shortly before landing on June 29, 1971.
American Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, in dark suit at the left, helps carry the bier containing the ashes of Soyuz 2 Commander Georgi T. Dobrovolski, June 30, 1971. Image credit: NASA
Mockup and test article of the Orel crew module, photographed at the Moscow Air and Space Show in August 2015. Wikipedia.com
The Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station (ISS) on April 16, 2005. Image credit: NASA
The Soyuz TMA-05M rocket launches on July 15, 2012 toward the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi
Interior view of Soyuz spacecraft with Sokol suits, hatch, and crew seats August 20, 2001. Image credit: NARA
Vernier thruster on a Soyuz spacecraft on September 22, 2013. Image credit: NASA
The Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery at the Cosmosphere, Hutchinson, KS
From the first engines designed to reach the Moon to the first animals and humans in space and the spacecraft that carried them there, the Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery brings the space race to life. Compare the Mercury, Vostok, Gemini and Voskhod programs--three of which are represented by flown spacecraft.
Experience the Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery at the Cosmosphere here.
The Mollett Early Spaceflight Gallery
Soviet RD-107 rocket engines
Soviet Vostok capsule, flown
Soviet Voskhod with Volga Airlock, flight-ready backup. The Voskhod spacecraft was used by the Russians for the first manned spacewalk.
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov's training suit.
This suit is similar to the suit worn by Yuri Gagarin on his historic spaceflight.