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Soyuz 8
Soyuz · Human Exploration
Oct 13, 1969 · 10:19 UTC31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome
Mission
Soyuz 8 was a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three spacecraft in orbit together at the same time. It prime mission was to dock and transfer crew to Soyuz 7 but the mission failed due to docking system failure. Soyuz 8 was Commanded by Vladimir Shatalov and Flight Engineer Aleksei Yeliseyev.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Soviet Space Program
- Rocket
- Soyuz
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- 31/6
- NET precision
- Second
- Data source
- LL2