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Chretien Dzhanibekov Ivanchenkov

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24 June 1982 16:29 GMT. Landing Date: 1982-07-02 14:19:52. Flight Time: 7.91 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz T-6. Flight Up: Soyuz T-6. Flight Back: Soyuz T-6. Call Sign: Pamir (Pamirs ). Crew: Chretien, Dzhanibekov, Ivanchenkov. Backup Crew: Baudry, Kizim, Solovyov Vladimir. Program: Salyut 7.

Of note: First French astronaut. Manned three crew. Transported to the Salyut-7 orbital station the Soviet-French international crew, comprising V A Dzhanibekov (USSR), A S Ivanchenkov (USSR) and Jean-Loup Chretien (France) to conduct scientific research and experiments.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

During the stay of the Visiting Expedition, the EO-1 crew gave visiting Frenchman Jean-Loup Chretien 'the honour' of ejecting a satellite -- Salyut 7's weekly bag of waste -- from the small trash airlock. In his diary, Lebedev quoted Chretien as saying Salyut 7 'is simple, doesn't look impressive, but is reliable.'

• 1982 Jun 24 - Soyuz T-6  Crew: Chretien, Dzhanibekov, Ivanchenkov. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 9L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U. Duration: 7.91 days. Perigee: 189 km (117 mi). Apogee: 233 km (144 mi). Inclination: 51.70 deg. Period: 88.70 min.

  Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7. Transported to the Salyut-7 orbital station the Soviet-French international crew, comprising V A Dzhanibekov (USSR), A S Ivanchenkov (USSR) and Jean-Loup Chretien (France) to conduct scientific research and experiments.

• 1982 Jul 2 - Landing of Soyuz T-6 

  Soyuz T-6 landed at 14:19 GMT.

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