Soyuz T-6

Soyuz T-6 is the mission name for the flight of a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft to the Soviet space station Salyut 7 It was the second visit of a Soyuz spacecraft in this space station and the 66th flight in the Soviet Sojusprogramm. It was also the first launch of a Frenchman in space ( program PVH). When first visiting team this mission he has the nickname Salyut 7 EP -1.

Crew

Home team

  • Vladimir Alexandrovich Dzhanibekov ( third space flight), Commander
  • Alexander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov ( second space flight), flight engineer
  • Jean- Loup Chrétien ( first space flight), Research Cosmonaut ( Centre national d' études spatiales CNES / France )

Also Dzhanibekov reaching the Soviet record of three flights into orbit. The Frenchman Jean- Loup Chrétien, the mitflog under the Intercosmos program, was the first Western Europeans in space. Originally Yuri Vasilievich Malyshev was assigned as commander. Due to heart problems it has been replaced by Dzhanibekov.

Backup crew

  • Leonid Denisovich Kizim, Commander
  • Vladimir Alekseyevich Solovyov, Flight Engineer
  • Patrick Pierre Roger Baudry, Research Cosmonaut ( CNES / France)

Mission overview

On 24 June 1982, the launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist occurred Republic. 900 meters before reaching Salyut 7, the onboard computer failed, which is why commander Dzhanibekov had to run the docking manually and 14 minutes ahead of schedule. Chrétien was the "honor" bestowed to launch a satellite, the weekly waste the space station. On 2 July 1982, the spacecraft landed after 7 days 21 hours 50 minutes and 52 seconds and 125 times around the earth 65 km northeast of Arkalik in present-day Kazakhstan.

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