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Soyuz 6
Soyuz · Human Exploration
196931/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Soyuz
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- 31/6
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2