Soyuz T-14

Soyuz T-14 mission is the designation for the flight of a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft to the Soviet space station Salyut 7 It was the ninth visit of a Soyuz spacecraft in this space station and the 75th flight in the Soviet Sojusprogramm. As part of the Salyut program, the team wore the mission designation Salyut 7 EO - fourth

Crew

Start crew

  • Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin ( first space flight), Commander
  • Georgi Mikhailovich Grechko ( third space flight), flight engineer
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov ( first space flight), Research Cosmonaut

Backup crew

  • Alexander Stepanovich Viktorenko, Commander
  • Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalow, Flight Engineer
  • Yevgeny Vladimirovich Salej, Research Cosmonaut

Return crew

  • Vladimir Vladimirovich Vasyutin ( first space flight), Commander
  • Viktor Petrovich Savinykh ( second space flight), flight engineer
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov ( first space flight), Research Cosmonaut

Mission overview

See main article Salyut 7 EO -4

Originally Vasyutin, Savinykh and Volkov were provided as the fourth long- time crew of Salyut 7. Since the station but completely failed, a repair squad with Dzhanibekov and Savinykh was sent by Soyuz T -13 first, which could take the station back into service.

As the space station was functional again, came Vasyutin and Volkov, accompanied by Grechko after. Grechko led together with Dzhanibekov Soyuz T -13 back to Earth, so that the originally planned team's on board.

One goal of the mission was the docking of Cosmos 1686, a modified TKS spacecraft Salyut 7 at This happened on October 2, bringing the space station enlarged greatly. Cosmos 1686 was 4500 kg of supplies on board, including an extendable mast, which should be mounted on the outside station. As of mid-October, Vasyutin started getting weaker and feel uncomfortable. Another goal is to practice working in space for the upcoming space station Mir, could not be achieved because of the ever- worsening disease Wasjutins. The cosmonauts returned on November 21 back to Earth. Instead of the planned six months, the mission lasted only 64 days, and important experiments and tests for I could not be carried out.

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