Soviet Space Program Soyuz 6

Name: Soviet Space Program Soyuz 6
Start: 1969-10-11T11:10:00.000Z
Location: 31/6

Soyuz

Status

Success

Date

11 OCT 1969

11:10

Launch Provider

Soviet Space Program

Launch Pad

31/6

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Soyuz

Mission Type

Human Exploration

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Livestream

Not available