Soyuz TM-14

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**Soyuz TM-14**
Mission Statistics
Mission Name:	Soyuz TM-14
Call Sign:	Ви́тязь (Vityaz' - Knight)
Number of Crew Members:	3
Launch:	March 17, 1992 10:54:30 UTC Baikonur LC1
Landing:	August 10, 1992 01:05:02 UTC 136 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
Duration:	145 days 14 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds
Number of Orbits:	~2,280

[edit] Crew

Launched:

Landed:

[edit] Mission parameters

Mass: 7150 kg
Perigee: 373 km
Apogee: 394 km
Inclination: 51.6°
Period: 92.2 minutes

[edit] Mission highlights

14th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Germany.

The First Russian Soyuz mission after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Klaus Dietrich Flade became the second German to visit a space station when he reached Mir with the Vityaz crew. The first was Sigmund Jahn of East Germany, who visited Salyut 6 in 1978. Flade conducted 14 German experiments as part of Germany’s preparation for participation in the Freedom and Columbus space station projects.

Suffered a landing system malfunction, causing its descent module to turn over. It came to rest upside down, trapping its occupants inside until it could be righted.

Manned spaceflights to Mir