Soyuz 14

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Mission dates
Mission: Soyuz 14
COSPAR-ID : 1974-051A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-T ( GRAY index  11F615A9)
serial number 62
Dimensions: 6800 kg
Launcher: Soyuz (GRAY index 11A511)
Call sign: Беркут (Berkut - " golden eagle ")
Crew: 2
Begin: July 3, 1974, 18:51:36  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: Salyut 3
Coupling: 4th July 1974
Decoupling: July 19, 1974, 09:03 UTC
Landing: July 19, 1974, 12:21:36 UTC
Landing place: 140 km southeast of Shezqasghan
Flight duration: 15d 17h 30m 28s
Earth orbits: 255
Rotation time : 88.6 min
Apogee : 217 km
Perigee : 195 km
◄ Before / After ►
Kosmos 656
(unmanned) 		Kosmos 670
(unmanned)
Manned missions:
Soyuz 13 Soyuz 15

Soyuz 14 is the mission name for the flight of a Soviet Soyuz spaceship to the Soviet space station Salyut 3 (Almaz 2), which started on July 4, 1974 . It was the 1st visit by a Soyuz spaceship to this space station and the 27th flight in the Soviet Soyuz program. After Soyuz 13 , two modifications of the Soyuz spaceship, Kosmos 638 and Kosmos 656, were tested on unmanned test flights.

crew

Main crew

Substitute team

The support team consisted of Boris Volynov , Vitaly Sholobov , Vyacheslav Sudov and Valery Roshdestvensky .

Mission overview

the main crew on a Soviet postage stamp (1974)

The focus of activities was the testing of a manned military space station (Almaz 2) after the failure of the Salyut 2 (Almaz 1), including the related problems:

  • Rendezvous, pairing (improved hand control)
  • Energy supply (solar cell surfaces on the fuselage of the station that can be moved by 180 °)
  • Air renewal system
  • Water treatment plant
  • Temperature control system
  • multispectral earth recordings (especially to clarify atmospheric influences)
  • Medical examinations for long-term stays (daily two-hour training on the treadmill)

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