An inside look at the Soyuz rocket facility in Moscow
Video from the channel CBS Evening News about Soyuz (cohete), linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:10. Language: English. Video type: News.
A CBS News report by Elizabeth Palmer from Star City, Russia. It suggests that SpaceX's success will likely end the era in which the Soyuz was the only way to carry crews to the International Space Station, a profitable business for Russia.
The report recalls that the basic design dates back to the 1960s, that the system has logged more than 1,600 successful flights, and that NASA pays around $83 million per seat. It shows American astronaut Steve Bowen in training and a cosmonaut who spent 197 days in orbit, showing off a capsule. It also looks back at how Cold War rivalry gave way to cooperation.
The conclusion is that the Soyuz loses its monopoly, though it is not retired yet.