Soviet Space Program
Legacy: Soyuz, the Last Soviet Spacecraft Still Flying2:3 portrait Soviet propaganda poster. A Soyuz rocket on the pad, tall slim ivory silhouette against a deep red background, four R-7 strap-ons clearly defined. Above the rocket: a stylized Salyut-style space station silhouette with solar panels in gold. Below: two stylized hands clasped in a handshake, one with a CCCP red cuff and one with an ESA blue cuff. Bottom band reads СОЮЗ (Soyuz/Union) in heavy condensed sans-serif. Service tower silhouettes flank both sides of the pad.
Союз

Soyuz

1967-present - the workhorse

Soviet propaganda poster in the visual idiom of 1970s Soviet poster art, celebrating the Soyuz rocket - the workhorse that has flown more than any other crewed spacecraft in history. The CCCP-ESA handshake at the base of the pad references the modern partnership that flies European astronauts to the ISS. The same rocket family that launched Sputnik in 1957 is still flying crews in 2026. Available as a print at sovietspaceprogram.com.

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