Human Spaceflights

International Flight-No. 49

Soyuz 14

USSR

 early Salyut patch
first Salyut patch

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  03.07.1974
Launch time:  18:51 UT
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  195,9 - 242,7 km
Inclination:  51,62°
Landing date:  19.07.1974
Landing time:  12:21 UT
Landing site:  140 km SE of Dzheskasgan
Crew Soyuz 14

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Popovich  Pavel Romanovich  Commander 2 15d 17h 30m  252 
2 USSR  Artyukhin  Yuri Petrovich  Flight Engineer 1 15d 17h 30m  252 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Popovich
2  Artyukhin
Soyuz spaceship
Landing
1  Popovich
2  Artyukhin

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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1. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Sarafanov  Gennadi Vasiliyevich  Commander
2 USSR  Dyomin  Lev Stepanovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 14 (1. double)

2. Double Crew

No.   Surname Given name Job
1 USSR  Volynov  Boris Valentinovich  Commander
2 USSR  Zholobov  Vitali Mikhailovich  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz 14 (2. double)

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 140 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

Docking with spacestation Salyut 3; transfer into the space station and staying time of 14 days; presumable military activities (observation of rocket-bases) and some medical and biological experiments. The cosmonauts exercised for 2 hours each day to counter the effects of weightlessness.

All objectives were successfully completed. The capsule landed within 2 km of the aim point.

Drawings

Salyut 3
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