📼Video Summary:
The Soyuz is a Russian Spacecraft that can fit cosmonauts or astronauts inside. The spacecraft has been in use since the 1960s - over the years it has docked with many space stations. It's split into 3 modules: the Orbital Module, the Descent Module, and the Service Module. Only the first two modules are pressurized. Rendezvous and Docking is how the spacecraft catches up with and docks to the International Space Station (ISS). Now days this only takes about 6 hours! This involves Insertion Orbit, Hohmann Transfer, Transfer Orbit, and Phasing Orbit. Docking to the station is done autonomously by the Kurz Docking System - this involves the Fly-Around, Station-Keeping, Final Approach, Soft Capture, and Hard Capture. The Soyuz Space will attach to the Russian Orbital Segment of the ISS which has compatible drogue and probe docking ports. The crew usually stays attached to the station for 6 months before coming home.

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