Soyuz Launch:April 8,2008

[Alembic25]

These rockets run so reliably it's amazing! The russians have ironed all the bugs out of this launcher over the past few decades and the results speak for themselves.

[makica58]

WOW!!!!!!!!!

[valet176]

I am proud that background is Russian language.

[rock3tcat]

And of course that the RB itself is Russian... right?

[gasgasLex]

The Soyuz launch rocket has'nt changed much since Gagarin went up in one back in 1961

[SparkPlugRocks]

Isn't a Vostok Launcher different? (im not up on my russian space stuff)

[gasgasLex]

Same basic russian R7 rocket they've been using for 45 yrs

[luckyStrike89ru]

@gasgasLex It has been upgraded many times..

[265Spike]

i lol'd

[technofreak3535]

@gasgasLex Gagarin dìdn't fly with the soyuz.

The first rocket that carried a person was the Vostok.

[lennartsmit]

@technofreak3535 True but the soyuz is just an adaptation and upgrade of the Vostok design in the family of the R-7 rockets.

[dinooney]

Looks pretty small from this angle.

[mirlin235]

dude its huge, your looking from about 2 or 3 miles away, its just fucking huge, bigger than the US Shuttle