Soyuz 6
| Mission Statistics | |
| Mission Name: | Soyuz 6 |
| Call Sign: | Антея (Antey - "Antaeus") |
| Number of Crew Members: | 2 |
| Launch: | October 11, 1969 11:10 UTC Baikonur LC31 |
| Landing: | October 16, 1969 09:52 UTC |
| Duration: | 4 days, 22 hours, 42 minutes |
| Number of Orbits: | 80 |
Soyuz 6 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts.
The crew was made up of Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov, who carried out important experiments in space welding, testing a number of different welding techniques under vacuum conditions. Another objective was to take high-quality movie photography of Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking, but this failed to occur.
Crew
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