Soyuz TM-14

Soyuz TM-14
Mission insignia
Mission statistics
Mission name	Soyuz TM-14
Spacecraft mass	7150 kg
Crew size	3
Call sign	Ви́тязь (Vityaz' - Knight)
Launch date	March 17, 1992 10:54:30 UTC Gagarin's Start
Landing	August 10, 1992 01:05:02 UTC 136 km SE of Dzhezkazgan
Mission duration	145 days 14 hours 10 minutes 32 seconds
Number of orbits	~2,280
Apogee	394 km
Perigee	373 km
Orbital period	92.2 minutes
Orbital inclination	51.6°
Related missions
Previous Subsequent Soyuz TM-13 Soyuz TM-15

Soyuz TM-14 was the 14th expedition to the Mir space station. 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
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 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.