Related Craft
The unmanned Progress spacecraft were derived from Soyuz and are used for servicing space stations.
While not being direct derivatives of Soyuz, the Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft and the Indian Orbital Vehicle follow the same general layout as that pioneered by Soyuz.
General Electric published their Apollo D-2 in December 1962 at the American Astronautical Society symposiume in Denver, CO. This American design has many similarities to the early Russian spacecraft designs.
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