Soyuz T-6
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First French astronaut. Mission to swap Soyuz lifeboats docked to station.
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 honor' 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.'
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- Family
- Manned spaceflight
- People
- Chretien, Dzhanibekov, Ivanchenkov
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz T
Chronology
2 events
1982 June 24
16:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Soyuz T-6 - .
Call Sign: Pamir (Pamirs ). Crew: Chretien,
Dzhanibekov,
Ivanchenkov.
Backup Crew: Baudry,
Kizim,
Solovyov, Vladimir.
Payload: Soyuz T s/n 9L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 7.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-5,
Soyuz T-6.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz T.
Duration: 7.91 days. Decay Date: 1982-07-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 13292 . COSPAR: 1982-063A. Apogee: 233 km (144 mi). Perigee: 189 km (117 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 July 2
- Landing of Soyuz T-6 - . Return Crew: Chretien, Dzhanibekov, Ivanchenkov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Chretien, Dzhanibekov, Ivanchenkov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-5, Soyuz T-6. Soyuz T-6 landed at 14:19 GMT. .