Editing Soyuz programme (section)

==Soyuz crewed flights==
{{See|List of Soviet human spaceflight missions|List of Russian human spaceflight missions}}
* [[List of Soviet human spaceflight missions|Soviet human spaceflight missions]] started in 1961 and ended in 1991 with the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]].
* The [[List of Russian human spaceflight missions|Russian human spaceflight missions]] program started in 1991 and continues to this day. Soyuz crewed missions were the only spacecraft visiting the [[International Space Station]], starting from when the [[Space Shuttle]] program ended in 2011, until the launch of [[Crew Dragon Demo-2]] on 30 May 2020.<ref name= "launch">{{Cite web |url= http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/ |title= Launch and Landing |access-date= 1 July 2011 |publisher= NASA |archive-date= 14 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150914234157/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="Dragon Crew 2 Demo">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-launched-two-astronauts-changing-spaceflight-forever/ |title=SpaceX Launched Two Astronauts—Changing Spaceflight Forever |access-date=31 May 2020 |magazine=Wired |last1=Oberhaus |first1=Daniel |archive-date=4 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604060047/https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-launched-two-astronauts-changing-spaceflight-forever/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The International Space Station always has at least one Soyuz spacecraft docked at all times for use as an escape craft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-26-fg-soyuz26-story.html |title=LA times, U.S.-Russian Crew Blasts Off to Space, By David Holley, 26 April 2003, Times Staff Writer |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=26 April 2003 |access-date=26 December 2019 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226205018/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-26-fg-soyuz26-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Beyond the Saga of Rocket Science: In Space to Stay, By Walter Sierra, page 225-226, 2019</ref>