Soyuz TMA-07M was rolled out to the launch pad at Baikonur yesterday. It launches with Roman Romanenko, Chris Hadfield, and Thomas Marshburn tomorrow.

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Some rocket launch porn today. This is the Proton-M rocket that carried EchoStar XVI, an American satellite, to orbit. It launched from Baikonur on November 20.

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Interkozmosz hordozórakéta. In: Galambos Tibor: A világűr képekben, Móra Könyvkiadó, 1983.

Interkosmos rocket.

fuckyeahsovietrussia:

Soviet common use stamp with a lovely rocket on it. (1961-65) ☭

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20 millió lóerő. A Vosztok, Gagarin űrhajójának mása a “Szovjet tudomány és technika 50 éve” jubileumi kiállításon, Budapesten. Fotó: Sárosi Gyula. In: Repülés, 1967. október. XX. évf./10. szám.

Mockup of gagarin’s Vostok-1 in Budapest, at the “50 Years of Science and Technology in the Soviet Union” exhibition, 1967.

midcenturia:

Soviet rocket mosaic mural, Ulan-Ude Airport. via

The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft and its rocket have now been integrated together. It will rollout to the launchpad in the next few days.

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unknownskywalker:

Progress 47 Launch

On April 20, an ISS Progress 47 cargo craft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, loaded with 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the six crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory. Progress 47 will automatically dock to the Pirs docking compartment when it reaches the ISS at 9:40 a.m. Sunday, April 22.

I don’t post unmanned vehicles often, and I should. Here is Progress M-15M being rolled out to the launch pad in Baikonur. It will launch on April 20 and bring supplies to the ISS.

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Raketa T-3 kojom je lansiran sputnik. Yugoslavian matchbox label, space exploration, 4/10. c1960.

(T-3 - aka R-7 - rocket which launched Sputnik.)

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Inside a russian rocketry plant. Photos: Lana Sator.

i am hyperventillating

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Az 1957 májusában felbocsátott szovjet geofozikai kutatórakéta 2200 kilopond hasznos terheléssel 212 km magasságot ért el. A Magyar Néphadsereg kártyanaptára a szovjet űrkutatás eredményeiről, 1979. Grafikus: Gönczi Béla.

In May 1957 a soviet geophysical rocket with 2200 kilopond useful load reached 212 kilometer of altitude.Hungarian card calendar by the People’s Army, 1979. Artwork: Bela Gönczi.

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1. Rakéta porszívó használati utasítás, 1962.
2. Rakéta porszívó a Mir űrállomáson  - Égi rovar (Balázs Béla Stúdió, 1995).

1. “Rocket” - soviet made vacuum cleaner manual, 1962.
2. “Rocket” hoover on the russian space station, Mir.

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The early years of the soviet space program on matchbox 7/16: The first artificial satellite. Soviet matchbox cover, c1970.

to be continued..