From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soyuz TMA-13
Soyuz TMA-13
Position Launching Crew Landing Crew
Commander Yuri Lonchakov, RKA
Expedition 18
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer Michael Fincke, NASA
Expedition 18
Second spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant Richard Garriott, SA[5][6] Charles Simonyi, SA[4]
First spaceflight Second spaceflight
Tourist Tourist
Soyuz TMA-13
Союз
Со ТМА-13
Mission insignia
From left to right: Richard Garriott, Yuri Lonchakov, Michael Fincke
Related missions
Previous mission Subsequent mission
Mission statistics Soyuz TMA-12 Soyuz TMA-14
Mission Soyuz TMA-13
name Союз ТМА-13 ТМА-13,
Soyuz TMA-13 (Russian: Союз ТМА-13 Union TMA-13)
Spacecraft Soyuz-TMA
was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station
type (ISS). The spacecraft was launched by a Soyuz-FG rocket
at 07:01 GMT on 12 October 2008. It undocked at 02:55
Crew size 3
GMT on 8 April 2009, performed a deorbit burn at 06:24,
Call sign Titan and landed at 07:16. By some counts, Soyuz TMA-13 is the
100th Soyuz spacecraft to be crewed.[3]
Launch Soyuz-FG
vehicle
Launch pad Gagarin’s Start, Baikonur Cosmodrome Crew
Launch date 12 October 2008
07:01 (2008-10-12T07:01) UTC[1][2]
Backup crew
Landing 8 April 2009 07:16 (2009-04-08T07:17) UTC
Crew notes
Crew photo
• Richard Garriott flew on TMA-13 as a guest of the
Russian government through a space tourist
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
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soyuz TMA-13
Position Launching Crew Landing Crew
Commander Gennady Padalka, RKA
Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, NASA
Spaceflight Participant Nik Halik, SA[8] Esther Dyson, SA[7]
Tourist Tourist
Soyuz TMA-13 arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cos-
modrome on 10 October 2008.
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 Yuri
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/. Retrieved 12 Soyuz TMA-13 lifts off from Gagarin’s Start.
October 2008.
[2] The Associated Press (2008). "Rocket launches on Space Adventures, Ltd..
space station voyage". International Herald http://www.spaceadventures.com/
Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/ index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnews&newsid=554.
10/12/asia/AS-Kazakhstan-Russia-Space.php. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
Retrieved 12 October 2008. [7] "Space Adventures Announces Esther Dyson as
[3] Robert Z. Pearlman (2008). "The 100th Soyuz flight Back-Up Crew Member for Spring 2009 Spaceflight
that (maybe) isn’t". collectSPACE. Mission". Space Adventures.
http://www.collectspace.com/news/ http://www.spaceadventures.com/
news-101008a.html. Retrieved 12 October 2008. index.cfm?fuseaction=news.viewnews&newsid=663.
[4] Space Adventures’ Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Retrieved 19 January 2011.
Charles Simonyi, Plans Spring 2009 Return Flight to [8] Jen Kelly (26 November 2007). "Space flight dream
the ISS nears". Herald and Weekly Times.
[5] ^ Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/
resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston 0,21985,22819650-2862,00.html. Retrieved 12
Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/ October 2008.
story.mpl/front/6052360.html. Retrieved 12 [9] NASA (2008). "Expedition 18". NASA.
October 2008. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/
[6] Space Adventures, Ltd. (2008). "Space Adventures expeditions/expedition18/index.html. Retrieved
Announces 1st Second Generation Astronaut". 12 October 2008.
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[10] NASA (2008). "NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and HQ_08052_Crew_Announcements.html. Retrieved
Expedition 19 Missions". NASA. 11 February 2008.
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/feb/
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