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			This description from Jennifer Scott: The rocket is a Russian Soyuz rocket of the type used 
 to launch crews to the International Space Station. It is based on an 
 ICBM which was developed in the 1950s. The same basic design is used 
 today.The image is a spoof of a Soyuz launch due to the escape tower 
 visible atop the 'capsule' which isn't found on unmanned rockets.
 
 See 
 http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-8/html/jsc2003e59156.html 
 for a photo of the real thing.
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