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 |
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| 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 | ||||
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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.
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.
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