 Soyuz TMA-13 lifts off from Gagarin's Start | |
| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2008-050A |
| SATCAT no. | 33399 |
| Mission duration | 178d 15m |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Yury 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 | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 14 October 2008 08:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | 8 April 2009 03:55 UTC |
| Time docked | 175d 19h 29m |
 From left to right: Richard Garriott, Yury Lonchakov, Michael Fincke Soyuz programme (Crewed 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.[3]
- ^ Chris Bergin (2008). "Soyuz TMA-13 launches trio on journey to the ISS". NASA Spaceflight.com. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ The Associated Press (2008). "Rocket launches on space station voyage". International Herald Tribune. Retrieved 12 October 2008.
- ^ Robert Z. Pearlman (2008). "The 100th Soyuz flight that (maybe) isn't". collectSPACE. Retrieved 12 October 2008.