Soyuz TM-14
1992 Russian crewed spaceflight to Mir
Operator | Rosaviakosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 1992-014A |
SATCAT no. | 21908 |
Mission duration | 145 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes, 32 seconds |
Orbits completed | ~2,280 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz 7K-STM No. 64 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM |
Manufacturer | NPO Energia |
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Aleksandr Viktorenko Aleksandr Kaleri |
Launching | Klaus-Dietrich Flade |
Landing | Michel Tognini |
Callsign | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' – Knight) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 17 March 1992, 10:54:30 (1992-03-17UTC10:54:30Z) UTC |
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 10 August 1992, 01:05:02 (1992-08-10UTC01:05:03Z) UTC |
Landing site | 136 kilometres (85 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 373 kilometres (232 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 394 kilometres (245 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 92.2 minutes |
Docking with Mir | |
Docking date | 19 March 1992, 12:32:50 UTC |
Undocking date | 9 August 1992, 21:46:47 UTC |
Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) ← Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-15 → |
Soyuz TM-14 was the 14th expedition to the Mir space station.[1] It included an astronaut from Germany, and was the first Russian Soyuz mission after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Aleksandr Viktorenko Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Aleksandr Kaleri First spaceflight | |
Research Cosmonaut | Klaus-Dietrich Flade First spaceflight | Michel Tognini First spaceflight |
Mission highlights
Klaus Dietrich Flade became the second German to visit a space station when he reached Mir with the Vityaz crew. The first was Sigmund Jähn 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.
References
- ^ The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM14.htm
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