Materials published in the newspaper Pravda during the multi-day group flight of the SOYUZ-6, SOYuZ-7 and SOYUZ-8 spacecraft. Seven Soviet cosmonauts - G. S. Shonin, V. N. Kubasov, A. V. Filipchenko, V. N. Volkov, V. V. Gorbatko, V. A. Atalov and A. S. Elisnnv fully completed an extensive program of scientific and technical research and experiments An important step has been taken to develop orbital flights and use manned space systems to solve national economy problems For the first time in history, three ships and seven astronauts interacted in space.