Engineering:Soyuz TMA-13
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Short description: 2008 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Soyuz TMA-13 lifts off from Gagarin's Start | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2008-050A |
Mission duration | 178d 15m |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Yury Lonchakov Michael Fincke |
Launching | Richard Garriott |
Landing | Charles Simonyi |
Callsign | Titan |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 12 October 2008, 07:01[1][2] | UTC
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 8 April 2009, 07:16 | UTC
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zarya nadir |
Docking date | 14 October 2008 08:26 UTC |
Undocking date | 8 April 2009 03:55 UTC |
Time docked | 175d 19h 29m |
From left to right: Richard Garriott, Yury Lonchakov, Michael Fincke Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz TMA-13 (Russian: Союз ТМА-13, Union TMA-13) was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket at 07:01 GMT on 12 October 2008. It undocked at 02:55 GMT on 8 April 2009, performed a deorbit burn at 06:24, and landed at 07:16. By some counts, Soyuz TMA-13 is the 100th Soyuz spacecraft to be crewed.[3]
Crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Yury Lonchakov, RKA Expedition 18 Third and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer | Michael Fincke, NASA Expedition 18 Second spaceflight | |
Spaceflight Participant | / Richard Garriott, SA[5][6] Only spaceflight Tourist |
/ Charles Simonyi, SA[4] Second and last spaceflight Tourist |
Backup crew
Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
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Commander | Gennady Padalka, RKA | |
Flight Engineer | Michael Barratt, NASA | |
Spaceflight Participant | Nik Halik, SA[8] Tourist |
Esther Dyson, SA[7] Tourist |
Crew notes
- Richard Garriott flew on TMA-13 as a guest of the Russian government through a spaceflight participant program run by Space Adventures.[5] His role aboard the Soyuz is referred to as a Spaceflight Participant in English-language Russian Federal Space Agency documents, and NASA documents and press briefings.[9]
- Salizhan Sharipov had originally been assigned to command this Soyuz flight and participate in Expedition 18, but was replaced by Yury Lonchakov.[10]
References
- ↑ Chris Bergin (2008). "Soyuz TMA-13 launches trio on journey to the ISS". NASA Spaceflight.com. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2008/10/soyuz-tma-13-set-to-launch-trio-to-iss/.
- ↑ The Associated Press (2008). "Rocket launches on space station voyage". International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/12/asia/AS-Kazakhstan-Russia-Space.php.
- ↑ Robert Z. Pearlman (2008). "The 100th Soyuz flight that (maybe) isn't". collectSPACE. http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101008a.html.
- ↑ Space Adventures’ Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Charles Simonyi, Plans Spring 2009 Return Flight to the ISS
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6052360.html.
- ↑ Space Adventures, Ltd. (2008). "Space Adventures Announces 1st Second Generation Astronaut". Space Adventures, Ltd.. http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnews&newsid=554.
- ↑ "Space Adventures Announces Esther Dyson as Back-Up Crew Member for Spring 2009 Spaceflight Mission". Space Adventures. http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnews&newsid=663.
- ↑ Jen Kelly (26 November 2007). "Space flight dream nears". Herald and Weekly Times. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22819650-2862,00.html.
- ↑ NASA (2008). "Expedition 18". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition18/index.html.
- ↑ NASA (2008). "NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/HQ_08052_Crew_Announcements.html.