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Crew

• Yuri Artyukhin (1)
• Pavel Popovich (2)

Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Юрий Петрович Артюхин; June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made a single flight into space. ... Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Павел Романович Попович; born October 5, 1930 in Uzin) was a Cosmonaut who commanded two space flights, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. ...

Mission Parameters

• Mass: 6,800 kg
• Perigee: 195 km
• Apogee: 217 km
• Inclination: 51.6°
• Period: 88.6 min

Mission highlights

Soyuz 14 carried cosmonauts Yuri Artyukhin and Pavel Popovich to the Salyut 3 space station. The mission was part of the Soviet Union's Almaz programme to evaluate military applications of human spaceflight. At the time, however, the military nature of this mission and the station itself were not acknowledged by Soviet authorities. The Soyuz human spaceflight programme was initiated in the early 1960s as part of the manned lunar programme that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin (Russian: Юрий Петрович Артюхин; June 22, 1930 – August 4, 1998) was a Soviet cosmonaut who made a single flight into space. ... Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Russian: Павел Романович Попович; born October 5, 1930 in Uzin) was a Cosmonaut who commanded two space flights, Vostok 4 and Soyuz 14. ... Salyut 3 was launched on June 25, 1974. ... A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live on in outer space. ... The Almaz (Алмаз - Diamond) program was a series of military space stations launched by the Soviet Union under cover of the Salyut program. ...

The crew tested the suitability of Salyut 3 as a manned military reconnaissance satellite. They also tested Almaz station systems, such as the solar arrays. The cosmonauts exercised for 2 hours each day to counter the effects of weightlessness. Because of this, they were able to climb from their Soyuz Ferry descent module without assistance at the end of their flight.

During their two-week stay on the station, the cosmonauts undertook military reconnaissance tasks and various biomedical experiments. All mission objectives were reportedly met.

Soyuz 13 was a second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz capsule that first flew as Soyuz 12. ... The Soyuz human spaceflight programme was initiated in the early 1960s as part of the manned lunar programme that was intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. ... Soyuz 15 was a human spaceflight mission of the Soviet Union. ...