Soyuz 14

Berkut

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	03.07.1974
Launch time:	18:51 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	195,9 - 242,7 km
Inclination:	51,62°
Docking Salyut 3:	04.07.1974, 21:00 UTC
Undocking Salyut 3:	19.07.1974, 09:03 UTC
Landing date:	19.07.1974
Landing time:	12:21 UTC
Landing site:	140 km SE of Dzheskasgan

Crew

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

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Popovich
2	Artyukhin

Landing
1	Popovich
2	Artyukhin

Animations: Soyuz


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1st Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Sarafanov	Gennadi Vasiliyevich	Commander
2	Dyomin	Lev Stepanovich	Flight Engineer

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2nd Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Volynov	Boris Valentinovich	Commander
2	Zholobov	Vitali Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 140 km southeast of Dzheskasgan.

Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the space station Salyut 3 on 04.07.1974. The crew transferred into the space station and stayed there 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.