Soyuz TM-14
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Mission insignia |
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| 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 |
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| Landing | August 10, 1992 01:05:02 UTC 136 km SE of Dzhezkazgan |
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| 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° | ||||
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[edit] Crew
| Position | Launching Crew | Landing Crew |
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| Commander |  Alexander ViktorenkoThird spaceflight |
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| Flight Engineer | Alexander Kaleri First spaceflight |
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| Research Cosmonaut |  Klaus-Dietrich FladeFirst spaceflight |
 Michel TogniniFirst spaceflight |
[edit] Mission highlights
14th expedition to Mir. Included astronaut from Germany.
The First Russian Soyuz mission after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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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