Soyuz programme

The Soyuz programme is a human spaceflight programme undertaken by Sovekos.

Missions

 * Soyuz 1 (April 1967) (Komarov) - Plagued with mass technical issues
 * Soyuz 2 (April 1967) (Bykovsky, Khrunov, Yeliseyev) - Initially a rendezvous, turnt into a rescue mission. Record for most people in one spacecraft, 4. Performs the first docking of two crewed spacecraft.
 * Soyuz 3 (October 1967) (Beregovoy) - Soviet's second docking of two crewed spacecraft, Shatalov and Volynov return in Beregovoy's spacecraft. Call sign was Baikal.
 * Soyuz 4 (October 1967) (Shatalov, Volynov) - Call sign was Amur.
 * Soyuz 5 (February 1968) (Shonin, Kubasov) - Would film the docking of Soyuz 6 and 7.
 * Soyuz 6 (February 1968) (Filipchenko, Volkov, Gorbatko) - Would dock with Soyuz 7 and transfer one crew member (Gorbatko) to them.
 * Soyuz 7 (February 1968) (Yeliseyev, Shatalov)
 * Soyuz 8 (June 1968)

Soyuz-Luna

 * Soyuz-Luna 1 (Soyuz 9)  (January 1969) (Grechko, Yorkina) - First manned Soviet flight to the moon and first Soviets to leave the gravity of a celestial body, uses N2 (which had started testing in 1966, with many of its flaws having been worked out by late 1968). First woman to orbit the moon.
 * Soyuz-Luna 2 (Soyuz 11) (April 1969) (Solovyova, Bykovsky)- Second manned Soviet flight to the moon.
 * Soyuz-Luna 3 (Soyuz 12) (July 1969) (Tereshkova, Titov) - First manned Soviet landing on the moon, landing a day after Apollo 11. First woman on the moon. First manned mission using the N1 rocket (capable of 80 metric tons to orbit).  Uses LK Lunar lander (around 6.5 metric tons) and 7K-LOK orbiter (9.5 metric tons). Tereshkova would moon walk outside of the LOK to access the LK Lunar lander. Lands on Mare Fecunditatis. Titov would film Tereshkova's vessel departure.
 * Soyuz-Luna 4 (Soyuz 13) (October 1969) (Popovich, Sevastyanov) - Second manned Soviet landing on the moon. Lands on . LK lunar lander.
 * Soyuz-Luna 5 (Soyuz 14) (March 1970) (Leonov, Belyayev, Nikolayev)
 * Docks with RTB from the Zond 8 launch, which would act as a lunar crasher, then would undock for a soft landing.
 * Utilizes the  L3M lunar lander [OTL 1972 design], which was 23 metric tons, with the Soyuz capsule in a pressurized hangar, exit capsule into hangar without needing space suits. Specifically utilizes the L3M's feature to allow for 90 day stays on the moon. It would land on Mare Crisium.
 * The plans were as follow, once the mission was done, the landing legs were supposed to be left behind with the rest of the L3M capsule launching itself on a trans-earth trajectory, and then the Soyuz Capsule would detach and re-enter Earth's atmosphere. However, as a result of the L3M not detaching from its legs, all three were left stranded on the moon, on the Ides of March, this incident would result in the Soviet Union from denying further lunar missions.
 * Soyuz-Luna 6 (Soyuz 15) (May 1970) (Gubarev) - Rescue mission for Soyuz-Luna 5, followed the same landing procedure (using RTB from Zond 9), lands around 20 km from Soyuz-Luna 6. With a working separation from the legs, all four would successfully return to Earth.

Other

 * Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (June 1975)