Soyuz 2

Soyuz 2 was an unpiloted spacecraft in the Soyuz family intended to perform a docking manoeuvre with Soyuz 3. Although the two craft approached closely, the docking did not take place.

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This mission was the subject of an artistic "reconstruction" by Joan Fontcuberta showing how the spacecraft was piloted by one Ivan Istochnikov and a dog named "Kloka", killed in the mission and subsequently erased from history by the Soviets to avoid the bad publicity.

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The name "Soyuz 2" also appears in other contexts, a) the second Soyuz flight to dock with the International Space Station b) as a proposed successor to the Soyuz launch vehicle, later renamed as Soyuz/ST.

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Spacecraft: A spacecraft is a vehicle that travels through space. Spacecraft include robotic or unmanned space probes as well as manned vehicles. The term is sometimes also used to describe artificial satellites, which have similar design criteria....

Soyuz: Soyuz is Russian for "Union". Depending on the context, Soyuz may also refer to any of the following:...

Soyuz 3: Soyuz 3 was the first manned launch of a Soyuz spacecraft since the accident that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on Soyuz 1. That ill-fated flight had been intended to rendezvous and dock with Soyuz 2; now Soyuz 3 with cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi would attempt this goal....