This image shows the launch site of Europe America Space Flight 500, the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, during the Cold War. Originally a top-secret ICBM site, Plesetsk was converted shortly after the Soviet Union's fall in 1991 into a commercial launch…
A Soyuz booster rocket launches from a Soviet Cosmodrome in 1975. Based off the late 1950's R7 series of intercontinental ballistic missile, the Soyuz booster rocket was used to launch Soviet and Russian spacecraft into orbit.
A Soyuz rocket is erected on its launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 2012. The Central Specialized Design Bureau and the TsSKB-Progress company were both responsible for the development and production of the Soyuz system.