Monday, June 24, 2019

Soyuz Т-6 launched 1982

Soyuz T-6 (L-R): Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Jean-Loup Chretien, Vladimir Dzhanibekov


Mission patch

Soyuz T-6, launched June 24, 1982, carried the first French astronaut into space.  Its crew consisted of Commander Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Flight Engineer Aleksandr Ivanchenkov and Jean-Loup Chretien.

They docked manually with Salyut 7 after problems with the Soyuz space capsule's automatic docking system arose. They completed experiments with the crew of Soyuz T-5, the resident crew of Salyut 7.

They returned to Earth on July 2.


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