Soviet Space Program
Rocket Development: Proton, Chelomei's Hypergolic Workhorse2:3 portrait Soviet propaganda poster. A Proton rocket rising vertically through the poster as a tall ivory cylinder, with six outboard propellant tanks visible at the base around the central engine cluster - Proton's distinctive silhouette. Bright orange-red exhaust at the bottom. Surrounding the rocket: stylized gold representations of its major payloads in orbit - a Salyut station, a lunar probe disc, a Mars probe with antennas, a communications satellite with solar wings. Top reads ПРОТОН (Proton). Charcoal-blue background, ivory rocket, deep red and gold accents.
Протон

Proton

1965-2025 - Proton era

Soviet propaganda poster in the visual idiom of mid-1960s Soviet poster art, celebrating the Proton rocket designed by Vladimir Chelomei's design bureau. Proton flew 431 times between 1965 and 2025, carrying Salyut and Mir modules, lunar probes, planetary missions, and most Soviet/Russian commercial payloads of the era. Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.

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