Soyuz T-14 (, ''Union T-14'') was the ninth expedition to

Salyut 7 Salyut 7 (), also known as DOS-6 (Durable Orbital Station 6) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. Va ...

. The mission relieved

Soyuz T-13 Soyuz T-13 was a Soyuz mission, transporting personnel to the Soviet space station Salyut 7. The eighth expedition to the orbital station, the mission launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, atop a Soyuz-U2 carrier rocket, at 06:39:52 UTC on June 6, ...

, whose crew had performed unprecedented repairs aboard the previously-dead station.

Crew

Backup crew

Mission parameters

* Mass: * Perigee: * Apogee: * Inclination: 51.6° * Period: 88.7 minutes

Mission highlights

Soyuz T-14 demonstrated the wisdom of maintaining a Soyuz at Salyut 7 as an emergency medical evacuation vehicle: the mission commander Vasyutin fell ill which forced an early termination of the planned 6-month mission. The main goals of the mission was to receive Cosmos 1686, a modified

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, and conduct spacewalks with application to future space stations. The first goal was achieved on October 2. Cosmos 1686 contained of freight, including large items like a girder to be assembled outside Salyut 7, and the Kristallizator materials processing apparatus. However, the crew of Soyuz T-14 were unable to achieve their second goal. By late October Vasyutin was no longer helping with experiments because he was ill. On November 13 the cosmonauts began scrambling their communications with the TsUP. Return to Earth occurred soon after. Sources at

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have reported that psychologists with the

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cited Soyuz T-14 as ending prematurely due to "mood and performance issues" with the crew. Vasyutin's illness is said to have been caused by a

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infection or urinary tract infection, which had manifested itself as inflammation and a fever.

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