Soyuz TMA-13 erected at the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad 1/5 Gagarin's Start
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Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2008-050A |
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
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-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.