Soyuz: The workhorse of Soviet and later Russian space flight means 'union' in Russian, as written here in cyrillic. As any UAE resident will know, the Arabic for union is etihad, the name chosen for the UAE national airline and other landmarks. So Etihad and Soyuz are the same. Andrey Shelepin / Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre

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