Soyuz TM-14

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Soyuz TM-14
Operator Rosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID 1992-014A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 21908 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Mission duration145 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes, 32 seconds
Orbits completed~2,280
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 64
Spacecraft type Soyuz-TM
Manufacturer NPO Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
Members Aleksandr Viktorenko
Aleksandr Kaleri
Launching Klaus-Dietrich Flade
Landing Michel Tognini
CallsignВи́тязь (Vityaz' – Knight)
Start of mission
Launch date17 March 1992, 10:54:30 (1992-03-17UTC10:54:30Z) UTC
Rocket Soyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing date10 August 1992, 01:05:02 (1992-08-10UTC01:05:03Z) UTC
Landing site136 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 date19 March 1992, 12:32:50 UTC
Undocking date9 August 1992, 21:46:47 UTC
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Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

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.

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Crew

Position Launching crewLanding crew
Commander Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg   Aleksandr Viktorenko
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg   Aleksandr Kaleri
First spaceflight
Research Cosmonaut Flag of Germany.svg   Klaus-Dietrich Flade
First spaceflight
Flag of France.svg   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

  1. The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM14.htm