1969 · Soviet Space Program
Soyuz 6
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Soyuz 6 was a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. Soyuz 6 mission was to take high quality photographs of the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking but on all three spacecraft the docking system failed. The mission was commanded by Georgi Shonin and Flight Engineer Valeri Kubasov.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 11, 1969 at 11:10 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 31/6
- Mission
- Soyuz 6
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit