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 of Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov were meant to take high-quality movie photography of Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 docking but the rendezvous systems on all three spacecraft failed. Hercules and Antaeus. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... UTC also stands for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time, the basis for civil time, differs by an integral number of seconds from atomic time and a fractional number of seconds from UT1. ... The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur), also called Tyuratam, is the worlds oldest and largest working space launch facility. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft approaching International Space Station Soyuz 19 spacecraft as seen from Apollo CM Soyuz spacecraft of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) Early 7K-OK Soyuz at National Space Centre, Leicester, England Soyuz (Союз, union) is a series of spacecraft designed by Sergey Korolev for the Soviet Union... Soyuz 7 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ... Soyuz 8 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit. ... Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Russian: Георгий Степанович Шонин; August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. ... Valeri Kubasov Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Кубасов; born January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. ... Soyuz 7 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ... Soyuz 8 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ...

It is still not quite known exactly what the actual problem was but it is often quoted as being a helium pressurisation integrity test. The version of Soyuz spacecraft used for the missions (7K-OK) carried a torus shaped docking electronics equipment housing surrounding the motor assembly on the back of the service module. This is thought to have been pressurised with helium to provide a nice benign environment for the electronics. It was then jettisoned after docking to lower the mass of the spacecraft for reentry. What went wrong with the electronics on all three spacecraft is still not known. General Name, Symbol, Number helium, He, 2 Chemical series noble gases Group, Period, Block 18, 1, s Appearance colorless Atomic mass 4. ...

The crew was made up of Georgi Shonin and Valeri Kubasov, who carried out important experiments in space welding. They tested three methods: using an electron beam, a low pressure plasma arc and a consumable electrode. The apparatus was designed at the E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute, Kiev, Ukraine. The weld quality was said to be in no way inferior to that of Earth based welds. Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Russian: Георгий Степанович Шонин; August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. ... Valeri Kubasov Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Кубасов; born January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. ... Welding is a fabrication process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence. ... Properties The electron is a subatomic particle. ... An electrode is a conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e. ... E. O. Paton Electric Welding Institute is a globally-important welding research institution situated in Kyiv, Ukraine. ... Motto: Oblast Municipality Municipal government City council (Київська Міська рада) Mayor Oleksandr Omelchenko Area 800 km² Population  - city  - urban  - density 2,642,486 100% 3,299/km² Founded City rights around 5th century 1487 Latitude Longitude 50°27′ N 30°30′ E Area code +380 44 Car plates  ? Twin towns Athens, Brussels, Budapest...

After 80 orbits of the Earth they landed on October 16, 1969, 180 km northwest of Karaganda, Kazahkstan. October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Statue of Nurken Abdirov in downtown Karaganda Karaganda (Russian: Караганда) or Qaraghandy (Kazak: Қарағанды) is the capital of the audany (Russian oblast) of the same name in Kazakhstan. ...

The radio call sign of the spacecraft was Antei, referring to the Greek hero 'Antaeus,' but also a common diminutive of a Russian given name for boys. More important, at the time of the flight, however, it was also the name of the largest practicable aircraft, the Soviet Antonov 22, made in the Ukraine. But unlike the call signs of Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8, this was not the name of a squadron in Soviet military training, of uncertain role, for the one that begins with the letter 'a' is Aktif, meaning 'Active'. An-22, the largest propeller-driven aircraft The Antonov An-22 Antei (Antheus) is a transport aircraft powered by 4 turboprop engines. ... Soyuz 7 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ... Soyuz 8 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ...

Crew

• Georgi Shonin (1)
• Valeri Kubasov (1)

(1) number of spaceflights each crew member has completed, including this mission. Georgi Stepanovich Shonin (Russian: Георгий Степанович Шонин; August 3, 1935 – April 7, 1997) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission. ... Valeri Kubasov Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Кубасов; born January 7, 1935 in Vyazniki) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 19 (the Apollo-Soyuz mission), and commanded Soyuz 36 in the Intercosmos programme. ...

Mission Parameters

• Mass: 6577 kg
• Perigee: 212 km
• Apogee: 218 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 88.8 min

The Soyuz 5 was a Soyuz spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1969 that docked with Soyuz 4 in orbit. ... The Soyuz human spaceflight programme was initiated in the early 1960s as part of the manned lunar programme that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. ... Soyuz 7 was part of a joint mission with Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 8 that saw three Soyuz spacecraft in orbit together at the same time, carrying seven cosmonauts. ...