Soyuz T-6

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	24.06.1982
Launch time:	16:29 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	199 - 249 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking Salyut 7:	25.06.1982, 17:46 UT
Undocking Salyut 7:	02.07.1982, 11:03 UT
Landing date:	02.07.1982
Landing time:	14:20 UT
Landing site:	65 km NE of Arkalyk

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Dzhanibekov	Vladimir Aleksandrovich	Commander	3	7d 21h 50m	125
2	Ivanchenkov	Aleksandr Sergeyevich	Flight Engineer	2	7d 21h 50m	125
3	Chrétien	Jean-Loup Jacques Marie	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 21h 50m	125

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Dzhanibekov
2	Ivanchenkov
3	Chrétien

Landing
1	Dzhanibekov
2	Ivanchenkov
3	Chrétien

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Kizim	Leonid Denisovich	Commander
2	Soloviyov	Vladimir Alekseyevich	Flight Engineer
3	Baudry	Patrick Pierre Roger	Research Cosmonaut

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Flights

Launch from Baikonur; landing 65 km northeast of Arkalyk.

Manual docking on Salyut 7 spacestation docking because of problems with the automatic docking systems. Common work with the first resident crew. Several joint Soviet-French scientific research and experiments, including a series of French echography cardiovascular monitoring system experiments, were performed. Chrétien was the first French and West-European astronaut.