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Soyuz Spacecraft

Soyuz is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolyov for the Soviet Union's space program. The first manned launch was in 1967 and they are still in service. The Soyuz has launched more manned space missions than any other platform to date. They were later used to carry cosmonauts to and from the Salyut and Mir space stations and are now used for transport to and from the ISS.

Edit 1 by Thegreenj - curves adjusted, unsharp masking performed, noise reduced, downsampled

Reason

High resolution, encyclopedic, good contrast and details, current lack of anything non American in the Aeronautics and aviation section.

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Soyuz spacecraft

Creator

Expedition 12/NASA

• Support as nominator — Chris H 17:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
• Comment The pictured looked underexposed, but since I have never been in space, I have no clue how it really is supposed to look. I adjusted the curves to brighten the background and darker portions of the Soyuz without blowing the whites. I also performed noise reduction and unsharp masking as well as downsampling it just enough to get rid of blur while retaining most of the details. J Are you green? 20:07, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks that does look better.Chris H 02:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Well, I have to say, I'm flattered. This marks the first time I've gotten any "supports", even if they are for an edit. I'm happy to have helped. J Are you green? 16:43, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support edit 1 I was going to weakly support the original…but the edit is by far superior, and I can get fully behind it. Great editing!--HereToHelp 21:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

• Comment Your caption is a tad long. Try to be more succint. -- Sturgeonman 21:11, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

• Hey now - extended captions are a courtesy to the wikipedians who manage PotD, and should be encouraged. Debivort 01:46, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

• Support edit 1 a few blown highlights is better than contrastless blob. -Fcb981 02:39, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support edit 1 Much clearer and sharper now. Encyclopedic and unique. It almost looks fake...like a miniature hanging in front of a pic of the earth (probably due to the intense light from the sun)! Well, I guess it gives it a surreal feel to it. ;) Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 12:35, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support edit1 - Enc and beautiful. Alvesgaspar 11:17, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support edit1--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support edit1 Nice! Less darker! ♠Tom@sBat 19:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
• Support edit1 Great adjustment, J! --Gabycs 16:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
• Oppose. The original is too fuzzy in places, but the lightening of edit one makes it look overexposed. - Mgm|^(talk) 12:27, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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Promoted Image:Soyuz TMA-7 spacecraft2edit1.jpg --Debivort 01:31, 13 May 2007 (UTC)