Flade

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17 March 1992 10:54 GMT. Landing Date: 1992-03-25 08:51:39. Flight Time: 7.91 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz TM-14 (Flade). Flight Up: Soyuz TM-14. Flight Back: Soyuz TM-13. Call Sign: Vityaz (Knight ). Crew: Flade. Backup Crew: Ewald. Program: Mir. German 'Mir 92' flight to the Russian space station. Flade, aboard Soyuz TM-14 with the EO-11 crew, docked at the Kvant rear port at 12:33 GMT on March 19. On March 25, Flade, and the EO-10 crew of Krikalyov and Volkov, undocked from the front port in Soyuz TM-13 and landed in Kazakhstan at 08:51 GMT on March 25.

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

Soyuz TM-14 arrived on March 19, 1992. Aboard was the EO-11 crew, Alexandr Viktorenko and Alexandr Kaleri, and Klaus Dietrich Flade, who became the second German to visit a space station. During his six days aboard Mir, Flade conducted 14 German experiments as part of Germany’s preparation for participation in the Freedom and Columbus space station projects. The EO-10 crew of Krikalyov and Volkov, together with Flade, undocked from Mir aboard Soyuz TM-13 on 25 March. They landed uneventfully.

• 1992 Mar 17 - Soyuz TM-14  Crew: Flade, Kaleri, Viktorenko. Spacecraft: Soyuz TM. Payload: Soyuz TM 11F732 s/n 64. Mass: 7,150 kg (15,760 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz. Duration: 145.59 days. Perigee: 373 km (231 mi). Apogee: 394 km (244 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 92.20 min.

  Mir Expedition EO-11. Joint flight with Germany. Docked at the Kvant rear port at 12:33 GMT on March 19.

• 1992 Mar 25 - Landing of Soyuz TM-13 

  Soyuz TM-13 landed at 08:51 GMT with the crew of Flade, Krikalyov and Volkov Aleksandr aboard.