Soyuz T-6
Launch Date
June 24, 1982
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Soyuz T-6
Launch Date
June 24, 1982
Craft
Soyuz
Status
Past
Crew
3
Overview
Soyuz T-6 launched a three-person visitation mission to Salyut 7's Elbrus crew. The flight focused on cardiovascular research and marked the first Soviet-French mission and the first time a French person reached space. Docking to Salyut 7 occurred manually after the automated rendezvous system stopped working.
Crafts
Soyuz
Soyuz is a human-carrying capsule built and operated by Russia, capable of transporting up to three people to the Space Station at a time. It has been upgraded numerous times since its first use in the 1960s for the Soviet lunar program and was the only crewed vehicle for the Station from 2011 to 2020.
