Soyuz TMA-13

Soyuz TMA-13

Soyuz TMA-13 erected at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1/5 Gagarin's Start
Operator	Roskosmos
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Yuri Lonchakov Michael Fincke
Launching	Richard Garriott
Landing	Charles Simonyi
Callsign	Titan
Start of mission
Launch date	12 October 2008, 07:01 UTC[1][2]
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
From left to right: Richard Garriott, Yuri Lonchakov, Michael Fincke Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TMA-12 Soyuz TMA-14 →

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	Yuri Lonchakov, RKA Expedition 18 Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer	Michael Fincke, NASA Expedition 18 Second spaceflight
Spaceflight Participant	/ Richard Garriott, SA[4][5] Only spaceflight Tourist	/ Charles Simonyi, SA[6] Second and last spaceflight Tourist

Backup crew

Soyuz TMA-13 arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 10 October 2008.

Position	Launching crew	Landing crew
Commander	Gennady Padalka, RKA
Flight Engineer	Michael Barratt, NASA
Spaceflight Participant	Nik Halik, SA[7] Tourist	Esther Dyson, SA[8] 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.^[4] 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 Yuri Lonchakov.^[10]

References

Soyuz TMA-13 lifts off from Gagarin's Start.

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. Mark Carreau (2008). "$30 million buys Austin resident a ride on Soyuz mission". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
5. Space Adventures, Ltd. (2008). "Space Adventures Announces 1st Second Generation Astronaut". Space Adventures, Ltd. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
6. Space Adventures’ Orbital Spaceflight Candidate, Charles Simonyi, Plans Spring 2009 Return Flight to the ISS
7. Jen Kelly (26 November 2007). "Space flight dream nears". Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
8. "Space Adventures Announces Esther Dyson as Back-Up Crew Member for Spring 2009 Spaceflight Mission". Space Adventures. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
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.