Soyuz TM-14
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-14 |
| Call Sign: | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' - Knight) |
| Number of Crew Members: | 3 |
| Launch: | March 17, 1992 10:54:30 UTC Gagarin's Start |
| 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:
- Alexander Viktorenko (3)
- Alexander Kaleri (1)
- Klaus-Dietrich Flade (1) - Germany
Landed:
- Alexander Viktorenko (3)
- Alexander Kaleri (1)
- Michel Tognini (1) - France
[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.
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