Soyuz TMA-14

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Mission dates
Mission: Soyuz TMA-14
COSPAR-ID : 2009-015A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-STA ( GRAY index  11F732)
serial number 224
Launcher: Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign: Альтаир (" Altair ")
Crew: 3
Begin: March 26, 2009, 11:49 UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: ISS
Coupling: March 28, 2009 13:05 UTC
Decoupling: October 11, 2009 01:07 UTC
Duration on the ISS : 196d, 12h, 2min
Landing: October 11, 2009 04:32 UTC
Landing place: Kazakhstan
Flight duration: 198d, 16h, 43min
Team photo
v. l. No. Charles Simonyi, Gennadi Padalka, Michael Barratt
v. l. No. Charles Simonyi, Gennadi Padalka, Michael Barratt
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TMA-13
(manned) 		Soyuz TMA-15
(manned)
Launch of the Soyuz TMA-14

Soyuz TMA-14 is a mission name for the flight of the Russian spacecraft Soyuz to the International Space Station (ISS) . As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-18S. The mission was the 18th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 124th flight in the Soyuz program.

The aim of the mission was to bring the two spacemen Gennadi Padalka and Michael Barratt on board the International Space Station and replace the Soyuz TMA-13 as an escape pod. Padalka and Barratt worked on the station as part of ISS expeditions 19 and 20 .

crew

Starting crew

Substitute team

Return crew

  • Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (3rd space flight), Commander (Russia / Roscosmos)
  • Michael Barratt (1st space flight), flight engineer (USA / NASA)
  • Guy Laliberté (1st space flight), space tourist ( Canada / Space Adventures)

Mission overview

Soyuz TMA-14 took off on March 26, 2009 at 11:49 UTC from Baikonur , Kazakhstan . The American software developer Charles Simonyi was also on board, making it the first space tourist to complete two flights into space. During the automatic approach to the ISS on March 28, the on-board computer falsely reported a control nozzle malfunction 150 meters before docking and would have moved the capsule away from the station. As a result, pilot Gennadi Padalka and the control center decided to continue the approach maneuver manually and docked successfully at 13:05 UTC, nine minutes earlier than planned. At 16:36 UTC, the lock between Soyuz and the ISS was opened and the crew was received by members of ISS Expedition 18 .

The spaceship remained docked at the space station until October 11, 2009. With the decoupling, the ISS expedition 20 was officially ended. On its return flight, in addition to Padalka and Barratt, it also took space tourist Guy Laliberté back to Earth.

See also

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-14  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Software billionaire books 2nd trip to space. CBC , October 2, 2008, accessed October 2, 2008 .
  2. ^ Space Adventures Announces Founder of Cirque du Soleil as 1st Canadian Private Space Explorer. Space Adventures, June 4, 2009, accessed June 4, 2009 .
  3. ↑ Soyuz rocket launched with crew and space tourist to the ISS. RIA Novosti / Sputnik News, March 26, 2009, accessed March 26, 2009 .
  4. ↑ Soyuz capsule manually docked on the ISS. RIA Novosti / Sputnik News, March 28, 2009, accessed March 28, 2009 .
  5. ^ New Crew Arrives at Space Station. Space .com, March 28, 2009, accessed March 29, 2009 .