Soyuz TMA-14

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

Objective of the mission was to bring the two astronauts Gennady Padalka and Michael Barratt aboard the International Space Station and replace the Soyuz TMA -13 as a rescue capsule. Padalka and Barratt worked in the context of ISS Expeditions 19 and 20 on the station.

Crew

Start crew

  • Gennady Ivanovich Padalka ( third space flight ), Commander ( Roscosmos / Russia)
  • Michael Barratt ( first space flight), flight engineer (NASA / USA)
  • Charles Simonyi ( second space flight ) Space Tourist ( Space Adventures / USA)

Backup crew

  • Maxim Viktorovich Surajew ( for Padalka )
  • Jeffrey Williams ( for Barratt )
  • Esther Dyson ( for Simonyi )

Return crew

  • Gennady Ivanovich Padalka ( third space flight ), Commander ( Roscosmos / Russia)
  • Michael Barratt ( first space flight), flight engineer (NASA / USA)
  • Guy Laliberté ( first space flight ), Space Tourist ( Space Adventures / Canada)

Mission overview

Soyuz TMA -14 was launched on 26 March 2009 at 11:49 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Also on board was the American software developer Charles Simonyi, who graduated from becoming the first space tourist, two flights into space. During the automatic approach as to the ISS on March 28, the onboard computer reported 150 meters before docking erroneously a control nozzle failure and the capsule would have again led away from the station. Then Gennady Padalka pilot decided together with the control to manually resume the approach maneuver and coupled at 13:05 UTC, nine minutes ahead of schedule, successfully. 16:36 UTC the lock between Soyuz and ISS was opened, and the crew was received by members of the ISS Expedition 18.

The spacecraft remained docked to the space station until 11 October 2009. With the decoupling of the ISS Expedition 20 was officially ended. On his return journey it took Padalka and Barratt except also the space tourists Guy Laliberté back to Earth.

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