Soyuz T-6 was a

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to Earth orbit to the

Salyut 7 Salyut 7 (), also known as DOS-6 (Durable Orbital Station 6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Va ...

space station in 1982. Along with two Soviet cosmonauts, the crew included a Frenchman,

Jean-Loup Chrétien Jean-Loup Jacques Marie Chrétien (born 20 August 1938) is a French retired ''Général de Brigade'' (brigadier general) in the ''Armée de l'Air'' (French air force), and a former CNES spationaut. He flew on two Franco-Soviet space missions ...

. The

Soyuz-T The Soyuz-T (, ''Union-T'') spacecraft was the third generation Soyuz spacecraft, in service for seven years from 1979 to 1986. The ''T'' stood for transport (, ). The revised spacecraft incorporated lessons learned from the Apollo Soyuz Test ...

spacecraft arrived at Salyut 7 following launch on 24 June 1982 and one day of solo operations. During the T-6 mission's time docked to the station, the crew performed joint

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-French experiments, including

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echography, alongside the station's resident crew.

Crew

Backup crew

Mission parameters

*Mass: 6850 kg *Perigee: 189 km *Apogee: 233 km *Inclination: 51.7° *Period: 88.7 minutes

Mission highlights

Soyuz T-6 launched from the

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on 24 June 1982 at 16:29 GMT. Docking with the Salyut 7 station was completed manually after problems arose with the spacecraft's onboard automatic docking systems. Once aboard Salyut 7, the crew completed joint Soviet-French, including echography and

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experiments, with the station's resident crew, the crew of

Soyuz T-5 Soyuz T-5 was a human spaceflight into Earth orbit to the then new Salyut 7 space station in 1982.Valentin Lebedev Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev (; born April 14, 1942, in Moscow) is a former Soviet cosmonaut who made two flights into space. His stay aboard the Space Station Salyut 7 with Anatoly Berezovoy in 1982, which lasted 211 days, was recorded in t ...

, writing in his diary, quoted Chrétien as saying Salyut 7 "is simple, doesn't look impressive, but is reliable."

Spacecraft location

The Soyuz T-6 reentry capsule is on permanent display at the

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, an aerospace museum at the

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, north of Paris, France.

References

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