Soyuz TMA-14
| Operator | Roskosmos | ||||
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| COSPAR ID | 2009-015A | ||||
| SATCAT № | 34669 | ||||
| Mission duration | 199 days | ||||
| Spacecraft properties | |||||
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-TMA No.224 | ||||
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 | ||||
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Members |
Gennady Padalka Michael Barratt |
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| Launching | Charles Simonyi | ||||
| Landing | Guy Laliberté | ||||
| Callsign | Альтаир (Altair − Altair) | ||||
| Start of mission | |||||
| Launch date | March 26, 2009, 11:49:18 UTC | ||||
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG | ||||
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 | ||||
| End of mission | |||||
| Landing date | October 11, 2009, 04:32 UTC | ||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||
| Perigee | 224 kilometers (139 mi) | ||||
| Apogee | 272 kilometers (169 mi) | ||||
| Inclination | 51.6 degrees | ||||
| Period | 89.46 minutes | ||||
| Epoch | March 27, 2009 | ||||
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From left to right: Charles Simonyi, Gennadi Padalka, Michael Barratt
The Soyuz TMA-14 (Russian: Союз ТМА-14, Union TMA-14) was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which launched on 26 March 2009. It transported two members of the Expedition 19 crew as well as spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi on his second self-funded flight to the space station. TMA-14 was the 101st manned flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, including launch failures; however, it was the 100th to launch and land manned, as Soyuz 34 was launched unmanned to replace Soyuz 32, which landed empty.
Soyuz TMA-14 was docked to the space station for the remainder of the Expedition 20 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The spacecraft swapped its docking ports at the International Space Station from Zvezda SM aft port to Pirs DC nadir port on 2 July 2009. This allowed Progress 34P to dock at the SM aft port on 29 July 2009.
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