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Finally, on April 25, 1969 during a meeting of the Soyuz State Commission, it was decided that the solo and docking flights outlined for 1969 by design bureau OKB-1 would be combined into a joint flight of three spacecraft. The plan was to fly Soyuz 6, 7, and 8 together in August of 1969; Soyuz 7 and 8 would dock and 6 would rendezvous with the docked pair and take pictures of it as well as perform a welding experiment.
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Georgy Stepanovich Shonin, Commander of Soyuz 6
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Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, Flight Engineer for Soyuz 6
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Crew of Soyuz 7