SPACECRAFT MODULE · Soyuz
Descent module
The only part of the ship that returns to Earth. The crew sits in it in moulded seats for launch, descent and landing. A heat shield protects it, and parachutes plus soft-landing retrorockets fired just above the ground cushion the touchdown on land.
Umístěnístřed lodi
Posádkaaž 3
Návrat na Zemiano
Přistánína souši, na padácích
DID YOU KNOW?Soyuz lands on solid ground — just above the surface it fires retrorockets that soften the impact to a bearable level.
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