Soyuz

[ saw-yooz; Russian suh-yooz ]

noun
  1. one of a series of Soviet spacecraft, carrying one, two, or three cosmonauts, who carried out scientific research and developed rendezvous and docking techniques: still used to ferry crews to Soviet space stations.

Origin of Soyuz

1
From the Russian word Soyúz literally, union

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Soyuz

/ (sɔɪˈjʊz) /


noun
  1. any of a series of Russian spacecraft used to ferry crew to and from space stations

Origin of Soyuz

1
C20: Russian: union

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