Soyuz | Soyuz 6

Name: Soyuz | Soyuz 6
Start: 1969-10-11T11:10:00Z
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

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.

Mission Details

Launch date: October 11, 1969 at 11:10 AM UTC
Launch vehicle: Soyuz
Operator: Soviet Space Program
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission type: Human Exploration