Soyuz: From R7 to ISS Lifeline - Gagarin, Ham and Mercury's Four Inch Flight
How a Cold War missile became the world's most reliable rocket. Inside Soyuz, Gagarin's leap, Mercury's setbacks, and the quiet probe that rewrote Mars. From the R7 Semyorka ICBM to today’s ISS lifeline, Trajectory traces the hard-won evolution of Soyuz while the U.S. scrambled to catch up. Step in…