View of launch pad at the Baykonur Cosmodrome showing Soyuz spacecraft
Description: A low-angle view of a launch pad at the Baykonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan showing the installation of a Soyuz spacecraft and its launch vehicle. The 49.3-meter-high (162 feet) space vehicle is composed of the three stage booster, a three-module, two-man Soyuz spacecraft and a launch escape system. This earlier Soyuz mission illustrates the approximate launch configuration of the Soviet Union's Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Soyuz space vehicle.
