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Grechko

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17 September 1985 12:39 GMT. Landing Date: 1985-09-26 09:51:57. Flight Time: 8.88 days. Alternate Name: Soyuz T-14 (Grechko). Flight Up: Soyuz T-14. Flight Back: Soyuz T-13. Call Sign: Cheget (Tcheget - mountain in the Caucasus). Crew: Grechko. Backup Crew: Saley, Strekalov, Viktorenko. Program: Salyut 7. 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 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.

• 1985 Sep 17 - Soyuz T-14  Crew: Grechko, Vasyutin, Volkov Aleksandr. Spacecraft: Soyuz T. Payload: Soyuz T s/n 20L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz 11A511U2. Duration: 64.91 days. Perigee: 196 km (121 mi). Apogee: 223 km (138 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 Sep 26 - Landing of Soyuz T-13 

  Soyuz T-13 landed at 09:51 GMT with the crew of Dzhanibekov and Grechko aboard.

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