Soyuz TM-14
Operator | Rosaviakosmos | ||||
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COSPAR ID | 1992-014A | ||||
Mission duration | 145 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes, 32 seconds | ||||
Orbits completed | ~2,280 | ||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TM | ||||
Manufacturer | NPO Energia | ||||
Launch mass | 7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb) | ||||
Crew | |||||
Crew size | 3 | ||||
Members |
Alexander Viktorenko Alexander Kaleri | ||||
Launching | Klaus-Dietrich Flade | ||||
Landing | Michel Tognini | ||||
Callsign | Ви́тязь (Vityaz' - Knight) | ||||
Start of mission | |||||
Launch date | March 17, 1992, 10:54:30 UTC | ||||
Rocket | Soyuz-U2 | ||||
End of mission | |||||
Landing date | August 10, 1992, 01:05:02 UTC | ||||
Landing site | 136 kilometres (85 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan | ||||
Orbital parameters | |||||
Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
Regime | Low Earth | ||||
Perigee | 373 kilometres (232 mi) | ||||
Apogee | 394 kilometres (245 mi) | ||||
Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
Period | 92.2 minutes | ||||
Docking with Mir | |||||
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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 | Alexander Viktorenko Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Alexander 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-TM-14.htm
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