Engineering:Soyuz TMA-13

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Short description: 2008 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13 Edit.jpg
Soyuz TMA-13 lifts off from Gagarin's Start
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2008-050A
Mission duration178d 15m
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersYury Lonchakov
Michael Fincke
LaunchingRichard Garriott
LandingCharles Simonyi
CallsignTitan
Start of mission
Launch date12 October 2008, 07:01 (2008-10-12UTC07:01Z) UTC[1][2]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date8 April 2009, 07:16 (2009-04-08UTC07:17Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portZarya nadir
Docking date14 October 2008
08:26 UTC
Undocking date8 April 2009
03:55 UTC
Time docked175d 19h 29m
Sozuztma13crew.jpg
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
Commander Russia Yury Lonchakov, RKA
Expedition 18
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer United States Michael Fincke, NASA
Expedition 18
Second spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant United Kingdom/United States Richard Garriott, SA[5][6]
Only spaceflight
Tourist
Hungary/United States Charles Simonyi, SA[4]
Second and last spaceflight
Tourist

Backup crew

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander Russia Gennady Padalka, RKA
Flight Engineer United States Michael Barratt, NASA
Spaceflight Participant Australia Nik Halik, SA[8]
Tourist
United States 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

  1. 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/. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Robert Z. Pearlman (2008). "The 100th Soyuz flight that (maybe) isn't". collectSPACE. http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-101008a.html. 
  4. Space Adventures’ Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Charles Simonyi, Plans Spring 2009 Return Flight to the ISS
  5. 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. 
  6. 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. 
  7. "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. 
  8. 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. 
  9. NASA (2008). "Expedition 18". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition18/index.html. 
  10. 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.