Soyuz TMA-13

Summary

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]

Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13 lifts off from Gagarin's Start
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2008-050A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.33399Edit this on Wikidata
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

From left to right: Richard Garriott, Yury Lonchakov, Michael Fincke
Soyuz programme
(Crewed missions)
 

Crew edit

Position Launching crew Landing crew
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 edit

Position Launching crew Landing crew
Commander   Gennady Padalka, RKA
Flight Engineer   Michael Barratt, NASA
Spaceflight Participant   Nik Halik, SA[8]
Tourist
  Esther Dyson, SA[7]
Tourist

Crew notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ Chris Bergin (2008). "Soyuz TMA-13 launches trio on journey to the ISS". NASA Spaceflight.com. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  2. ^ The Associated Press (2008). "Rocket launches on space station voyage". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  3. ^ Robert Z. Pearlman (2008). "The 100th Soyuz flight that (maybe) isn't". collectSPACE. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  4. ^ Space Adventures’ Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Charles Simonyi, Plans Spring 2009 Return Flight to the ISS Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  6. ^ Space Adventures, Ltd. (2008). "Space Adventures Announces 1st Second Generation Astronaut". Space Adventures, Ltd. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Space Adventures Announces Esther Dyson as Back-Up Crew Member for Spring 2009 Spaceflight Mission". Space Adventures. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  8. ^ Jen Kelly (26 November 2007). "Space flight dream nears". Herald and Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  9. ^ NASA (2008). "Expedition 18". NASA. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
  10. ^ NASA (2008). "NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions". NASA. Retrieved 11 February 2008.