Expedition 14

Expedition 14
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Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration7 months, 3 days (at ISS)
215 days 8 hours (López-Alegría/Tyurin) (launch to landing)
Orbits completed3,401 (López-Alegría/Tyurin)
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began18 September 2006, 04:09 (2006-09-18UTC04:09Z) UTC
Ended21 April 2007, 12:31 (2007-04-21UTC12:32Z) UTC
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-9
Reiter: STS-121
Space Shuttle Discovery
Williams STS-116
Space Shuttle Discovery
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-9
Reiter: STS-116
Space Shuttle Discovery
Williams STS-117
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Crew
Crew size3
MembersMichael López-Alegría
Mikhail Tyurin
Thomas Reiter* (until December)
Sunita Williams† (from December)
* – transferred from Expedition 13
† – transferred to Expedition 15
EVAs5

Expedition 14 mission patch

Sunita Williams, Mikhail Tyurin and Michael López-Alegría, mission commander of Expedition 14.

Expedition 14 was the 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Commander Michael López-Alegría, and flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006, 04:09 UTC, aboard Soyuz TMA-9. They joined Thomas Reiter, who had arrived at the ISS on 6 July 2006 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during mission STS-121. In December 2006, Discovery mission STS-116 brought Sunita Williams to replace Reiter as the third member of Expedition 14. On 21 April 2007, López-Alegría and Tyurin returned to Earth aboard TMA-9. Landing occurred at 12:31:30 UTC.