Georgi Stepanovich Shonin was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission.
Soyuz 6 launched carrying cosmonauts Georgy Shonin and Valery Kubasov. Tested welding techniques in a depressurized spacecraft chamber. Hovered nearby as Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 made rendezvous maneuvers. Soft-landed in U.S.S.R. October 16.
After flight, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
He later worked as the director of a defence research institute. Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
Soyuz 6 launched carrying cosmonauts Georgy Shonin and Valery Kubasov. Tested welding techniques in a depressurized spacecraft chamber. Hovered nearby as Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 made rendezvous maneuvers. Soft-landed in U.S.S.R. October 16.
After flight, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
He later worked as the director of a defence research institute. Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
Georgi Stepanovich Shonin was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 6 space mission.
Soyuz 6 launched carrying cosmonauts Georgy Shonin and Valery Kubasov. Tested welding techniques in a depressurized spacecraft chamber. Hovered nearby as Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 made rendezvous maneuvers. Soft-landed in U.S.S.R. October 16.
After flight, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
He later worked as the director of a defence research institute. Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
Soyuz 6 launched carrying cosmonauts Georgy Shonin and Valery Kubasov. Tested welding techniques in a depressurized spacecraft chamber. Hovered nearby as Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 8 made rendezvous maneuvers. Soft-landed in U.S.S.R. October 16.
After flight, he was made a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Shonin was part of the original group of cosmonauts selected in 1960. He left the space programme in 1979 for medical reasons.
He later worked as the director of a defence research institute. Shonin died of a heart attack in 1997.
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