Editing Soyuz (spacecraft) (section)

== History ==
The first Soyuz mission, [[Kosmos 133]], launched unmanned on 28 November 1966. The first crewed Soyuz mission, [[Soyuz 1]], launched on 23 April 1967 but ended tragically on 24 April 1967 when the parachute failed to deploy on reentry, killing cosmonaut [[Vladimir Komarov]]. The following flight, [[Soyuz 2]] was uncrewed. [[Soyuz 3]] launched on 26 October 1968 and became the program's first successful crewed mission. The program suffered another fatal setback during [[Soyuz 11]], where cabin depressurization during reentry killed the entire crew. These are the only humans to date who are known to have died above the [[Kármán line]], the conventional definition of the edge of space.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 July 1971 |title=Science: Triumph and Tragedy of Soyuz 11 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903011,00.html |publisher=Time Magazine}}</ref>

Despite these early tragedies, Soyuz has earned a reputation as one of the safest and most cost-effective human spaceflight vehicles, a legacy built upon its unparalleled operational history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9509254/ns/technology_and_science-space/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130225629/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9509254/ns/technology_and_science-space/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2013|title=Russia thriving again on the final frontier|date=September 29, 2005|author=Alan Boyle|publisher=MSNBC|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-cost-of-space-flight/|title=The Cost of Space Flight|date=January 27, 2022|author=Bruno Venditti}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollingham |first=Richard |title=Soyuz: The Soviet space survivor |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141202-the-greatest-spacecraft-ever |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Eric |date=December 21, 2015 |title=The best ride in the galaxy—coming back to Earth in a Soyuz |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/the-best-ride-in-the-galaxy-coming-back-to-earth-in-a-soyuz/ |website=Ars Technica}}</ref> The spacecraft has served as the primary mode of transport for cosmonauts to and from the [[Salyut programme|''Salyut'' space stations]], the ''[[Mir]]'' space station, and [[International Space Station]] (ISS).