Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 32

Soyuz 6

USSR

 Patch Soyuz 6

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  11.10.1969
Launch time:  11:10 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  31
Altitude:  186,2 - 222,8 km
Inclination:  51,68°
Landing date:  16.10.1969
Landing time:  09:53 UT
Landing site:  180 km NW of Karaganda
Crew Soyuz 6

Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Shonin  Georgi Stepanovich  Commander 1 4d 22h 42m  80 
2 USSR  Kubasov  Valeri Nikolayevich  Flight Engineer 1 4d 22h 42m  80 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Shonin
2  Kubasov
Soyuz 6 spaceship
Landing
1  Shonin
2  Kubasov

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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1. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Shatalov  Vladimir Aleksandrovich  Commander
2 USSR  Yeliseyev  Aleksei Stanislavovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 6 (double)

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2. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Nikolayev  Andriyan Grigoriyevich  Commander
2 USSR  Grechko  Georgi Mikhailovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 6 (2. double)

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Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 180 km northwest of Karaganda.

It was to have rendezvoused with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 and to have taken spectacular motion pictures of the Soyuz 7 - Soyuz 8 docking. It became a joint mission of three spacecraft with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 but no rendezvous, due to a failure in the rendezvous electronics in all three spacecraft, so there was only an approaching. First vacuum welding in space by Kubasov using welding construction "VULKAN". The crew tested three different methods of welding. The weld quality was said to be in no way inferior to that of Earth based welds. Several scientific und technical experiments were also performed.

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