Russia's Spaceship - Soyuz

Since the end of the Space Shuttle program, Soyuz (союз) has been the only vehicle taking astronauts to the International Space Station. Soyuz is operated by the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos. The Soyuz system consists of the Soyuz rocket and the Soyuz spacecraft and dates back to the earliest days of spaceflight. Over the decades, Soyuz has gradually improved to keep up with the times and now fills a very crucial part of ISS operations. In this video, we’ll take a look at the assembly of the Soyuz rocket, the launch staging, the launch abort system, the Soyuz docking mechanism called SSVP and finally the reentry and landing process.
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[@SimplySpace]

Human spaceflight owes a lot to the legacy of Soyuz. Soyuz is awesome for a lot of reasons, but just look at that first stage separation! Anakin was right, spinning is a good trick! Because Simply Space is based around animations and I'm a full time engineering student It's near impossible to maintain a regular upload schedule that KZbin's algorithm favors. My KZbin analytics show that the majority of views on newly released videos come from external sources outside of KZbin, like Reddit, FaceBook, Twitter and Discord. In other words, this channel depends on viewers like yourself sharing new videos. KZbin can't be counted on to spread the sort of content I upload, so if you enjoyed this video or any others on the channel please share them with others, that's what keeps this channel alive. Thank you!

[@xavieregrulyo8594]

great video 😁

[@tedodor1]

The figure created by the separated blocks of the first stage is called by the name of the designer - Korolev's Cross

[@everydayinventions9286]

Don’t use Rocket Easy launch easy landing No Fire Just spinning Rocket is complicated and dificulte Low safety and high cost We need somethings better Developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability #FeelFree kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKKafqKsgbVgm5o

[@TheGstaeta]

Was this done via prisma 3d

[@kommandantgalileo]

the "Soyuz" rocket is actually called the R-7.

[@kspencerian]

I personally appreciate your original computer illustrations that aren't simply rehashes of other work. Your research also shows. Nice job! Keep it up.

[@whcolours9995]

Soyuz: The no - nonsense workhorse

[@avigdonable]

Aaaaand... it’s relic.

[@tiemen9095]

@@avigdonable It is not a relic. It is still operational and still has a much better track record than its competition. When spaceX has a failure on the 13th launch (I am knocking on wood, don't worry) the world may just be happy there is something that "just works" while SpaceX figures out what to do. My point is: don't write off the Soyuz quite yet until it really is retired.

[@alt8791]

I mean, it is the "cheap Kalashnikov of space travel"

[@freedom4651]

@@avigdonable Also The Soyuz (rocket) successor is still called Soyuz like Russia can't move on from Lada. It's a modular rocket with wide arrange of payload and can be strapped with even more rocket blocks (Yes, apparently Russian solution to bring something heavier to space is by kerbaling). The current Soyuz (rocket) confirmed will be still active ferrying people to space side-by-side with Falcon9 just like in Shuttle era for the next 20 years or until the new generation can take over its place.

[@avigdonable]

@DomScatterbrain @Tiemen Russia had a brain drain in the 90ties and 2ks. Also Ukraine were suppliers most of the rocket engines and know-how to Russia. Russia had lost two generations of their scientists, lost 70% of their revenue because of a gas and oil politics which they are dependent. Doubt their space agc or their space science will ever recover.

[@UCaqIbCWuBdAOZ9j9gE6]

Your Russian pronunciation is not that bad actually. Thanks for a great video)

[@porschematt991]

Thanks

[@edwintom4300]

The heck le matt

[@GrilledCheeseObamaSandwich6942]

@@porschematt991 wtf

[@everydayinventions9286]

Goodby rocket Rocket is complicated and dificulte Low safety and high cost We need somethings better Developing technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lower cost and increased reliability #FeelFree kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKKafqKsgbVgm5o

[@tack9571]

I've heard people pronounce it "Soyez", Idk if that's wrong, but it sounds off

[@tristianity8529]

nice, this is a really in depth and great video, keep up the great work

[@nielsdaemen]

5:10 *gigity*

[@LRZN96]

4:45 I didn't know this about how the probe gets pushed in and latches on the space station. That's really cool!

[@harrisn3693]

You are American and the ISS is basically a MiR2 station designed by the Soviets with US money..... I wouldn’t expect you to know much outside the propaganda Uncle Sam feeds your pleby mind.

[@LRZN96]

@@harrisn3693 Maybe it's time to put down the bottle, yeah? I can tell you one thing though, I am NOT American 😂😂😂

[@danielkocjancic4911]

@@harrisn3693 Ur comment is unnecessary

[@MrGrace]

@@LRZN96 hahahaha!

[@dashaneduplessis]

Another great and informative simply space video! Really well done. I actually leaned quite a lot from this. The animations are amazing. The low-poly and vivid colors look beautiful and there there are so many small details that show you've put a lot of effort into getting your facts straight and animating them all. Looking forward to the next one!

[@ReflectiveLayerFilm]

This is your best video yet. I learned a lot about Soyuz that I didn't know before. Good work.

[@luiseduardo586]

Loved that 80's kinda end theme,

[@webarchitect]

Oh, it's very very nice and the graphics is brilliant! I admire your hard work to achieve this level of completeness and correctness of the video! There're, however, two small flaws. First - you haven't explain the power belt( силовой пояс ) , which holds the rocket only when it lays on it. When it starts to liftoff, counterbalances split the power belt and four supports move away from the rocket without any electronics. The second one is about the fairing jettison. The animation shows it wrong. The tip of the fairing should be splitted faster, giving halfs more push to the sides and rotating. I wish you good luck and more new brilliant masterpieces about rockets, ships and cosmos!!! P. S.: Pretty good russian pronunciation! Just little more practice and you can easily visit Russia! "Hi" from Moscow and welcome!

[@MartianWolf]

Excellent video! Very informative and as always, incredible animations! Soyuz is a amazing launch vehicle and spacecraft. I have heard that for crewed missions, it is rather small living space for three cosmonauts/astronauts. But I'd choose reliability over comfortable living space any day! If you ever want to make a video about Mars missions, lmk!

[@webarchitect]

Yes, you're right about the lack of space in the Soyuz vessel. But they're still two "rooms". And more interesting thing is the Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket, which is capable of carrying cosmonauts in 3-6 hours from the ground to the ISS docking port. Currently the super-shortcut 2hours scheme is under way on it's testing. So, the lack of space is getting as minor, as small space in normal car when you drive from home to work.

[@sindhu9084]

My favourite spacecraft

[@austinholmes96]

This was another great video! It would be cool if you could do a video on the different Soyuz rocket variants and how it's changed over time.

[@alairalvespereiradarocha6471]

Yours videos are just incredible, really, anyone can understand spaceflight and orbital mechanics just watching yours videos, continue with this, that is a amazing work.

[@luckyea7]

The Soyuz spacecraft flew to the ISS in 3 hours, the SpaceX Crew Dragon in 19 hours. Now Roskosmos has come close to the theoretical limit - it is simply impossible to fly to the ISS faster and dock. And all this is the result of precise, painstaking, verified, though not always visible work of Roscosmos specialists. “What we have now received is, firstly, extensive experience in the production and management of space technology, and secondly, it suggests that technical progress is still going on,” concluded the pilot-cosmonaut Lazutkin. Tellingly, American specialists still launch cargo ships according to the classic long pattern. Even Elon Musk is not yet trying to reduce the time for docking - this requires launching the launch vehicle at the exact time, and SpaceX still has problems with this, the weather factor greatly affects. In addition, there is information that the Americans are not perfect with targeting either. The main advantage of the three-hour flight to the ISS, according to the astronauts, is that people have to sit less in the spacecraft in constant tension, observing and controlling the process. Already during this flight, the astronauts begin the process of adaptation of the body to weightlessness, which causes painful, uncomfortable states. Due to the short path, the reliability of a person's work during the flight significantly increases and the risks of accidents are reduced. As the pilot-cosmonaut Lazutkin said: "The longer you are in zero gravity, the worse you feel. And in three hours the body is just beginning to adapt, and the person has already arrived, so it is very convenient. It's like a driver driving a car - if he feels bad, he can get into an accident, but at home you can cheer calmly " Rapid flight schemes of Soyuz spacecraft allow to save fuel and prepare for a mission to the Moon, Rafail Murtazin, head of the ballistics department of the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation, said in a broadcast on the Roscosmos website. “According to our estimates, a two-turn scheme, compared to a two-day one, will give us about 30-35 kilograms of fuel economy. This is a lot,” he said. It will also make flights cheaper - there will be no need for the work of several dozen specialists who do not crawl out for days from the Flight Control Center. The main thing is that this method of flying will be useful in the near future, when new orbital stations appear. And if now the cosmonauts have nowhere to wait for help, then in the near future it will be possible to create an emergency rocket, requiring only refueling and calculation. And within a few hours, specialists can arrive at the orbital station to provide assistance. Orbital tourism? Two days in the most limited space scare away so many people. And three and a half hours is a completely different conversation. At this rate, it will be possible to fly to the ISS and return back during the working day. It has long been required to get away from the two-day scheme, to make space closer, and this finally succeeded. Another important advantage is that the biomaterial is delivered faster for space experiments, which means that this material is safer. More details : goo.su/2KUm

[@MrMuddybike]

Love it. You make spaceflight seems so easy. Nice channel not to loud muzic love it

[@nasafan4943]

As well as the Space Shuttle, I also love the Soyuz rocket! Wonderful video, the best and most informative soyuz video ever:, Keep it up man! BTW how's that kerbal movie on Aluminum Oxide channel...

[@PhyXShocK]

I understand that 8 months later is a long time, but I'd want to ask why are you a fan of the Space Shuttle? Isn't it considered on of the worst space vehicles given the failore rate that it had?

[@Aliquis.frigus]

@@PhyXShocK i guess because it was unique in its rolling landing ability. But yeah, very flawed from the beginning. The US wouldblikely have done better with separate cargo and personell carriers. Both shuttle and soyuz are impressive though. Shuttle for its engineering and "doing the impossible", and soyuz for its dependability.

[@mikecimerian6913]

@@PhyXShocK It was complex. Astronauts were committed to lift off for two minutes before any abort and escape options were available. In favor, it was a space truck capable of carrying the largest payloads. The largest ISS modules were deployed by the space shuttle. It was also used as an orbital shop for satellite and scientific instruments deployment and recovery as the arm could be used to bring in instruments as well as to deploy them. Repairs were actually performed in the cargo bay. That it claimed two full crews is just sad.

[@christianstelmakh1921]

Really cool video, I'm building the soyuz rocket in sfs (space flight simulator) and your video has helped me soooo much! Thank you

[@GameplayReviewUK]

Excellent video, I have about 6 sources you just condensed into one for me thanks and subbed :D

[@scienceium5233]

hullo

[@spaceenthusiast7160]

Really nice video! Good job!

[@MihteHumans]

Great overview and supporting animation!

[@filipth7101]

Great video this channel deserves way more subs

[@24701]

Excellent video. Now I understand how the Soyuz rocket and spaceship works. Thanks a million.

[@arthurheusdens]

Good explanation, very informative! I liked the graphics too!

[@warhawkme6344]

Learned several new things. This is a great Soyuz primer!!!

[@englishwithullas5396]

Thanks for such a detailed description of Soyuz..🤝

[@EduardoEscarez]

A great video with a small thing that I loved and was the correct rendering of the Korolev Cross.

[@SimplySpace]

The Korolev cross is indeed a beautiful thing.

[@halolime117]

Instant subscribe, hope you can manage to keep up this amazing work, KZbin is tough !

[@SimplySpace]

Thank you very much. If you've got an Android device you should check out Manual Docking, a game I published last week. I'm focusing a lot on my university coursework at the moment but I'm still working on some cool videos for you all.

[@ivantonev5794]

Very impressive!!! Love this video. Million kudos for the work! Also, great pronunciation. You've done well! Hats down for you.

[@SimplySpace]

Thanks Ivan, that's appreciated.

[@ivantonev5794]

@@SimplySpace Your welcome buddy! Hats down! 🙇‍♂️

[@tristanwegner]

Very good overview of the program. thank you

[@VictorZenloth]

Hope your channel grows rapidly.

[@periodificationateifierscandal]

Excellent video! Really good at explaining things. Well done!

[@trippsimon8916]

Good work you answered a lot of questions I had.

[@AndreL157]

Excellent video! Simple and clear! It would be great to add some statistics on successful missions. Let's hope Crew Dragon and other spacecrafts in future will be as reliable as Soyuz.

[@janjan6464]

This is well done. Thanks!

[@hunterneitzel3012]

When soyuz was being used for Mir in 1997, Mir had been testing a backup docking system called called teleoperated rondevous control system or Toro, but on the test, Toro failed, causing the progress cargo vessel they were using for the test to collide with the spektre module, causing a depressurization and a loss of all experiments in spektre. 4 years later in 2001, Mir was deorbited over Fiji, and burned up on re-entry.

[@POLY_English]

Love your videos ! This one was particurlaly informative from a technical point. Russia did great engineering on the soyouz. You actually push me to start a youtube channel by the way. I will upload my first video (done in blender ;) ) in 4 hours !

[@SimplySpace]

Awesome! I'll give it a watch.

[@POLY_English]

@@SimplySpace Just uploaded the video ;)

[@pteshwara2597]

Good job with your video and a very good research

[@Joaocruz30]

Excellent explanation! Thanks for sharing!

[@aiex5529]

I love your simple animation

[@nickthompson9697]

Build-a-Rocket Workshop. I love it.

[@davesn9065]

Amazing awesome video . Great Job

[@alexshi9320]

Really neat animations!

[@dmitriveremeenko9028]

Great video, thank you very much! 🌎🚀🌍

[@jackp.2807]

Great vid!

[@aileencuray]

Wow! Nice video 😊

[@danzdadopezesguay2436]

The ending was clever!!!

[@klen7642]

Nice Video!

[@thestudentofficial5483]

6:30 troposphere is T H I C C

[@SimplySpace]

Thicc

[@raquelfabro7995]

it do be dummy *t h i c c*

[@solidarity_official]

These are really nice animations

[@NovaScene]

Great video thanks!

[@carlospocomani8796]

Gracias , esta genial

[@jayasuriyas2604]

Awesome video

[@maxon17]

Вау, годный видос спасибо! Все максимально достоверно) Хоть Союз и морально устарел на пол века и доживает свои последние дни, но он надежен как часы. Стыдно что за пол века мало что развилось( Wow, thank for you vidos. Everything is most reliably) Although the "Souz" is morally obsolete for half a century and is stay its last times, but "souz" maximum reliable. It’s a shame that for half a century little has been developed( Continuing to make your videos!

[@alapanbarman7759]

Amazing bruh

[@Joaocruz30]

I love to have on of these. Just to get faster to work... kidding. Went to space and stay there forever!

[@e-van8317]

Privet from Russia! Nice prononsation. Cool videos. Briliant game.

[@ghostindamachine]

Superb!

[@johnweerasinghe4139]

Thank you for a positive review ..

[@allgood6760]

Thank you👍🚀

[@user-us1up8pe3z]

amazing- thank you!

[@bharatthapa4328]

Absolutely loved it

[@jasonwalker4684]

I've 3D printed a similar model... awesome machine

[@salc9593]

Hi.. I just came across your video and found it most informative. I would like to ask if you could direct me to a website where I might find the dimensions of the Soyuz 3rd Stage along with the mating adaptor for the Soyuz Spacecraft and the launch shroud. Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to provide me.

[@chico305SIGMA]

Great video I love the soyuz I have a question why do they paint the rocket green orange and white?

[@briantimar1105]

beautiful video. Why does the orbital engine have a cover?

[@SimplySpace]

Thanks. It's for micrometeorite protection.

[@chadtippapart7534]

Very well demonstrated. And what a great Russian space technology.

[@sgbgameryt]

Where is the cargo come from?

[@PK-lc4fx]

Please fully explain working of rocket engine.

[@user-juoig7799]

Google Translate says that Система стыковки и внутреннего перехода is Russian for 'docking and internal transition system'. Quite close actually.

[@furn2313]

Admit, this Channel is everything you've been looking for.

[@dijoxx]

There is an marvellous 3-part video series on the European Space Agency channel explaining the launch, docking and return of the Soyuz. Highly recommended!

[@kiheirc3195]

Such solid Tried and true engineering

[@sebastian.su935]

so awesome

[@MATVEICH]

Blender program?

[@yogibear6313]

Now, this is what I call a proper explanation. It was a pleasure to watch it. From your accent I suspect you're from Australia or NZ. Am I right?

[@SimplySpace]

Yes, I'm a New Zealander.

[@yogibear6313]

Greetings from Poland

[@sfsrocketengineer2492]

How does dragon docking hatch work?

[@officialasim6772]

What software to you use to animate I would love to try this as well

[@SimplySpace]

Blender

[@dailylifetaste4091]

Great!

[@rhain527]

Have been wondering if the crew could see anything outside with the fairings on

[@shaaahk1087]

no, they have a beautiful view of the fairing p.s. ESA uploaded this video about 2 years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKPCmYuCebGWaZo

[@rhain527]

@@shaaahk1087 haha, thanks man :D

[@kurox0334]

Your animation is very good What software do you use?

[@SimplySpace]

Blender

[@johnrellperez1565]

How fast is the Soyuz Capsule descending with the main parachutes in Meters per second? Sorry lol. I'm replicating a soyuz to Simplerockets 2 and I want to build it in the exact same functionality and details as the real one.

[@Apophis392]

A cosmonaut technically is an astronaut, even though the reverse isn’t true. By definition, a consonant is a Russian astronaut, and an astronaut is someone who mans a spaceship.

[@avocadowarrior6872]

Nice video, very informative, but you should also pay a little more attention to the audio volume

[@ushankaboy7357]

If anyone interested Soyuz means Union

[@porschematt991]

I figured!! In the Soviet version of the anthem I’d hear “Soyuz” as one of the first words. Knew it meant Union this whole time.

[@elonironspace2968]

I love the soyuz/R-7

[@rodrigonogueiramota4433]

Soyuz is the kind of spacecraft that people simply don´t give the value it deserves. it´s a reliable strong machine. yes the Orel ("Eagle" in Russian) is coming to replace it but nobody can deny how legendary and how strong the Soyuz is.

[@wiktorart2631]

why are you using 3d models from manual docking?

[@desbruhmoments]

Wow. It's really cool video. Better then Roskosmos video about Soyuz rocket. And I'm really like then you tried to say something on Russian language . Good luck with channel! :) UPD: I'm from Ukraine, so i know Russian language on C2 level

[@legendarypussydestroyer6943]

"Referring to two things", you forgot the third and most important thing, the *SOYUZ NERUSHIMY*

[@mirko9141]

Respublik svodonik

[@desertpassenger8417]

The soyuz is a magnificent machine n a Russian symbol of rocket science n u explained it nicely, i appreciated it

[@aarond4554]

What part of nz are you from? Im in chch

[@SimplySpace]

Same

[@glacial680]

im coming from spaceflight sim production

[@AahanDora2210]

Good

[@SimplySpace]

Indeed

[@nomad4678]

В то время, как наши космические корабли бороздят просторы вселенной...

[@gloria..]

They took off and came back to Earth!

[@davidlawrence3230]

Stellardrone - Light Years! ♬ 4:00 - 7:44

[@AnupamVipul]

dude why U don't have smoothing groups on whichever 3d software you are using it would have a way to smooth the low poly mesh just by reducing the vertex normals and sharing it amongst polygons I am telling U this as a 3D game artist we use this to make low poly look good

[@SimplySpace]

Because I don't want to, this is the Simply Space style.

[@afinteresting8817]

don the soyuz space crafts land in the ocean?

[@SimplySpace]

Nope, they land in Kazakhstan.

[@nathanielhosea8844]

Russian rocket technology is amazing and wonderful in itself because it is so well designed and capable. I would like to see the next block development of Russian rocket technology.

[@webarchitect]

Well, then stand by for Angara A-5 test flight in April 2020, and military sat launch in May 2020 also by Angara A-5 ( Ангара А-5 )