Soyuz TMA-14

Soyuz TMA-14
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2009-015A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.34669Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration198 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz-TMA No.224
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersGennady Padalka
Michael Barratt
LaunchingCharles Simonyi
LandingGuy Laliberté
CallsignАльтаир (Altair)
Start of mission
Launch dateMarch 26, 2009, 11:49:18 (2009-03-26UTC11:49:18Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur, Site 1/5
End of mission
Landing dateOctober 11, 2009, 04:32 (2009-10-11UTC04:33Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeLow Earth orbit
Perigee altitude224 km (139 mi)
Apogee altitude272 km (169 mi)
Inclination51.6°
Period89.46 minutes
EpochMarch 27, 2009[1]
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date28 March 2009, 13:05 UTC
Undocking date2 July 2009, 21:29 UTC
Time docked96 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes
Docking with ISS (relocation)
Docking portPirs nadir
Docking date2 July 2009, 21:54 UTC
Undocking date11 October 2009, 01:07 UTC
Time docked100 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes

Launching crew from left: Simonyi, Padalka and 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 crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, including launch failures; however, it was the 100th to launch and land crewed, as Soyuz 34 was launched uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32, which landed empty.[2]

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ "The 100th Soyuz flight that (maybe) isn't". collectSPACE. October 10, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008.