R-7

By that time the Soviets were launching something to orbit every 3 days and many of those flights were R-7 based.

Today's Video: NASA Shuttle-derived Sidemount Heavy Launch Vehicle Concept - NASA Watch 2009

The Shuttle has been operating for 28 years now. 1985 was the 28th anniversary of operating the R-7 (soyuz) based launch vehicle.

Today's Video: NASA Shuttle-derived Sidemount Heavy Launch Vehicle Concept - NASA Watch 2009

Additionally, as the Soyuz is a one-shot machine, its maintenance and operations running costs are limited to a continuing production line of spacecraft and the R-7 launch vehicle.

ISS About to Have a Crew of Six With Soyuz-TMA 15 Launch - NASA Watch 2009

· 1869 J-728, P-809 GEM Proof-Gorgeous GEM, lightly toned, with some areas of speckled toning, R-7.

Coin Dealer Julian Leidman Victim of Vehicle Burglary. Reward Grows to $156,000 : Coin Collecting News 2009

According to the FTC complaint, Working Chemical Solutions claimed that PolyCell Chemical Additive could double the R-value of insulation to at least R-7.1 per inch and up to R-8 per inch.

FTC settlement bars Working Chemical Solutions from overstating insulation capability of PolyCell Chemical Additive insulation additive 2010

According to the FTC complaint, Working Chemical Solutions claimed that PolyCell Chemical Additive could double the R-value of insulation to at least R-7. 1 per inch and up to R-8 per inch.

FTC settlement bars Working Chemical Solutions from overstating insulation capability of PolyCell Chemical Additive insulation additive 2010

With regard to the 2015 date, one must recall the timeline of the world's first ICBM, the Soviet R-7 Semyorka, in the late 1950s.

Iranian Nukes May Be Closer Than We Think 2010

With a range of 5,468 miles, the R-7 became the first true operational ICBM in the world.

Iranian Nukes May Be Closer Than We Think 2010

Titan I was not the first ICBM: Both the United States and Soviet Union had already deployed ICBMs earlier in the 1950s (the Atlas A by the Americans, the R-7 by the Russians).

Wired Top Stories 2009

   When the R-7 ICBM lifted, its thrust powerful enough to flatten the beloved country village of his birth, the image of Pchelka's burnt body jolted into Igor's brain, and he flushed in embarrassment.

Remember Me to the Motherland 2009