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1982 Soviet crewed spaceflight to Salyut 7
Soyuz T-6
was a
human spaceflight
to Earth orbit to the
Salyut 7
space station in 1982.
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Along with two Soviet cosmonauts, the crew included a Frenchman,
Jean-Loup Chretien
.
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The
Soyuz-T
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
Soviet
-French experiments, including
cardiovascular
echography
, alongside the station's
resident crew
.
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Crew
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Backup crew
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Mission parameters
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- Mass:
6850 kg
- Perigee:
189 km
- Apogee:
233 km
- Inclination:
51.7°
- Period:
88.7 minutes
Mission highlights
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Soyuz T-6 launched from the
Baikonur Cosmodrome
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.
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Once aboard Salyut 7, the crew completed joint Soviet-French, including
echography
and
antibiotic
experiments, with the station's resident crew, the crew of
Soyuz T-5
.
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The mission transported the first French astronaut, Jean-Loup Chretien, into space. While aboard the station, the resident crew afforded him the opportunity to eject Salyut 7's weekly bag of waste into space through the station's small trash airlock.
Valentin Lebedev
, writing in his diary, quoted Chretien as saying Salyut 7 "is simple, doesn't look impressive, but is reliable."
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