Soyuz TM-14
| Mission Statistics
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| Mission Name: | Soyuz TM-14
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| Call Sign: | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' - Knight)
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| Number of Crew Members: | 3
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| Launch: | March 17, 1992
10:54:30 UTC
Baikonur LC1
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| Landing: | August 10, 1992
01:05:02 UTC
136 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
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| Duration: | 145 days 14 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds
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| Number of Orbits: | ~2,280
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Crew
Launched:
Landed:
Mission Parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 373 km
- Apogee: 394 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92.2 minutes
Mission Highlights
14th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Germany.
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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