Soyuz | Soyuz 6
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Oct. 11, 1969, 11:10 a.m. - Oct. 11, 1969, 11:10 a.m.
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Oct. 11, 1969, 11:10 a.m. - Oct. 11, 1969, 11:10 a.m.
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.
Soyuz 6 was a Soyuz spacecraft which launched on 11 October 1969 11:10 UTC. It launched two cosmonauts for a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and 8. The crew was Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov.
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Birth: Aug. 3, 1935
Date of Death:
April 7, 1997
Date of
Birth: Jan. 7, 1935
Date of Death:
Feb. 19, 2014
The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.
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