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Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket

Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft and its booster rocket


As usual, the Boston Globe has a beautiful photo essay, this one on the Baikonur Cosmodrome. This facility has been in operation since 1955, longer than any other space facility on Earth.

Notice the Buran space shuttle mock-up in the lower right of the picture above. Saddening.