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English: Figure 4-5. Soyuz rocket (left), Space Shuttle (center), and Energia-Buran (right) (drawn to scale). Rockets currently used to launch manned spacecraft into orbit.
Deutsch: Abbildung 4-5. Sojus-Rakete (links), Space-Shuttle-Transport-System (mitte) und Energija-Buran (rechts) im Größenvergleich.
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