Soyuz

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Soyuz (Cyrillic: "Союз") is Russian for "Union". Depending on the context, Soyuz may also refer to any of the following:

• Soyuz programme, originally Soviet (now Russian) human spaceflight programme
• The Soyuz spacecraft, used in that program
• The Soyuz launch vehicle, is used to launch the spacecraft and others
• The Soyuz station established by members of the Soviet Antarctic Expeditions in Mac Robertson Land (Antarctica)
• The Soyuz, a team of Russian superheroes from DC Comics.
• The Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (СССР) or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).