Soyuz T-14 Salyut 7 EP-5
Mission
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Mission to swap Soyuz lifeboats docked to station and conduct an inspection of the repairs conducted the Soyuz T-13 crew.
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.
More at: Soyuz T-14 EO-4-c.
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- Family
- Manned spaceflight
- People
- Grechko
- Spacecraft
- Soyuz T
Chronology
2 events
1985 September 17
12:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC1. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U2.- 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.
1985 September 26
- 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..