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Soyuz T-14 Salyut 7 EP-5

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AKA: Cheget (Tcheget - mountain in the Caucasus); Salyut 7 EP-5; Soyuz T-14; Soyuz T-14 (Grechko). Launched: 1985-09-17. Returned: 1985-09-26. Number crew: 1 . Duration: 8.88 days.

Grechko arrived at Salyut-7 aboard Soyuz T-14 together with ship's commander V V Vasyutin and cosmonaut-researcher A A Volkov. His mission was to conduct an inspection of the repairs conducted the Soyuz T-13 crew. Grechko returned in Soyuz T-13 together with Dzhanibekov, leaving the three-man TKS-3 crew to conduct military experiments with the Cosmos-1686 module.

Narrative (adapted from D S F Portree's Mir Hardware Heritage, NASA RP-1357, 1995)

Salyut 7 now having been brought to life and generating sufficient power for the military experiments, Soyuz T-14 now arrived at the station on September 17, 1985. It brought up the rest of the TKS-3 crew (Vasyutin and Volkov) together with senior cosmonaut Grechko. After Grechko had inspected the repairs and condition of the station, he and Dzhanibekov, from Soyuz T-13, returned to earth aboard Soyuz T-13 on 26 September.

• Soyuz T-14 - . Call Sign: Cheget (Tcheget - mountain in the Caucasus). Crew: Grechko, Vasyutin, Volkov, Aleksandr. Backup Crew: Saley, Strekalov, Viktorenko. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 20L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia. Agency: MOM. Program: Salyut 7. Class: Manned. Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-13 EO-4-a, Soyuz T-13 EO-4-b, Soyuz T-14 EO-4-c, Soyuz T-14 Salyut 7 EP-5. Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Duration: 64.91 days. Decay Date: 1985-11-21 . USAF Sat Cat: 16051 . COSPAR: 1985-081A. Apogee: 223 km (138 mi). Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.70 min.

  Docked with Salyut 7. Transported a crew comprising ship's commander V V Vasyutin, flight engineer G M Grechko and cosmonaut-researcher A A Volkov to the Salyut-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. Grechko returned in Soyuz T-13 on 25 September 1985 - emergency return.

• Landing of Soyuz T-13 - . Return Crew: Dzhanibekov, Grechko. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Dzhanibekov, Grechko. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-13 EO-4-a, Soyuz T-13 EO-4-b, Soyuz T-14 EO-4-c, Soyuz T-14 Salyut 7 EP-5. Soyuz T-13 landed at 09:51 GMT with the crew of Dzhanibekov and Grechko aboard..