Name: Shonin, Georgi Country: Soviet Union M/F: M Number of Flights: 1

Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz 6 October 11, 1969 - Soyuz 6 October 16, 1969 - Soyuz 6

Space Flights Descriptions
Voskhod 3
(Cancelled)
Proposed Prime Crew
Planned 19 day mission cancelled after Voskhod 2
Soyuz 4
(Backup Crew)
Docked with Soyuz 5
1. Soyuz 6 Carried Vulkan welding furnace for vacuum welding experiments
Soyuz (Kontakt) 11
(Cancelled)
Proposed Crew for a flight to test the Kontakt lunar rendezvous/docking system
Soyuz (Kontakt) 11 was the active spacecraft of the second pair of Soyuz spacecraft that were planned to test the Kontakt lunar rendezvous/docking system in Earth orbit. By April 1969, two separate docking missions were planned to follow the triple mission of Soyuz 6-Soyuz 7-Soyuz 8. Soyuz (Kontakt) 11 would have been the active spacecraft, simulating the LOK lunar orbiter and would have docked with Soyuz (Kontakt) 12.

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