Soyuz TM-14

Soyuz TM-14
OperatorRosaviakosmos
COSPAR ID1992-014A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.21908Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration145 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes, 32 seconds
Orbits completed~2,280
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 7K-STM No. 64
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TM
ManufacturerNPO Energia
Launch mass7,150 kilograms (15,760 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
MembersAleksandr Viktorenko
Aleksandr Kaleri
LaunchingKlaus-Dietrich Flade
LandingMichel Tognini
CallsignВи́тязь (Vityaz' – Knight)
Start of mission
Launch date17 March 1992, 10:54:30 (1992-03-17UTC10:54:30Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-U2
End of mission
Landing date10 August 1992, 01:05:02 (1992-08-10UTC01:05:03Z) UTC
Landing site136 kilometres (85 mi) SE of Dzhezkazgan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude373 kilometres (232 mi)
Apogee altitude394 kilometres (245 mi)
Inclination51.6 degrees
Period92.2 minutes
Docking with Mir
Docking date19 March 1992, 12:32:50 UTC
Undocking date9 August 1992, 21:46:47 UTC
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

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.

  1. ^ The full mission report is available here: http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-TM14.htm