Soyuz T-14
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| Mission name | Soyuz T-14 | ||||
| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Call sign | Чегет (Cheget - "Mount Cheget)" | ||||
| Launch date | September 17, 1985 12:38:52 UTC Gagarin's Start |
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| Landing | November 21, 1985 10:31:00 UTC 180 km (110 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan |
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| Mission duration | 64d/21:52:08 | ||||
| Number of orbits | 1021 | ||||
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Soyuz T-14 (Russian: Союз Т-14, Union T-14) was the 9th expedition to Salyut 7.
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[edit] Crew
Number in parentheses indicates number of spaceflights by each individual prior to and including this mission.
Launched:
- Vladimir Vasyutin (1) - Commander
- Georgi Grechko (3) - Flight Engineer
- Alexander Volkov (1) - Research Cosmonaut
Landed:
- Vladimir Vasyutin (1) - Commander
- Viktor Savinykh (2) - Flight Engineer
- Alexander Volkov (1) - Research Cosmonaut
[edit] Backup crew
- Aleksandr Viktorenko - Commander
- Gennady Strekalov - Flight Engineer
- Yevgeni Saley - Research Cosmonaut
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb)
- Perigee: 196 km (122 mi)
- Apogee: 223 km (139 mi)
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 88.7 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
Soyuz T-14 demonstrated the wisdom of maintaining a Soyuz at Salyut 7 as an emergency medical evacuation vehicle: the mission commander Vasyutin fell ill which forced an early termination of the planned 6 month mission.
The main goals of the mission was to receive Cosmos 1686, a modified TKS, and conduct spacewalks with application to future space stations. The first goal was achieved on October 2. Cosmos 1686 contained 4,500 kg (9,900 lb) of freight, including large items like a girder to be assembled outside Salyut 7, and the Kristallizator materials processing apparatus. However, the crew of Soyuz T-14 were unable to achieve their second goal. By late October Vasyutin was no longer helping with experiments because he was ill.
On November 13 the cosmonauts began scrambling their communications with the TsUP. Return to Earth occurred soon after. Sources at NASA have reported that psychologists with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency cited Soyuz T-14 as ending prematurely due to "mood and performance issues" with the crew[1]; other sources claim claim the commander had a high fever and a urinary tract infection.
[edit] References
- ^ Burrough, Bryan (1998), Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir, HarperCollins, p. 185, ISBN 0-88730-783-3
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