Soyuz TMA-13 (, ''Union TMA-13'') was a

Soyuz Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз (Russian language, Russian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republi ...

mission to the

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(ISS). The spacecraft was launched by a

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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.

Crew

Backup crew

Crew notes

* Richard Garriott flew on TMA-13 as a guest of the Russian government through a spaceflight participant program run by Space Adventures. His role aboard the Soyuz is referred to as a Spaceflight Participant in English-language

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documents, and

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documents and press briefings. * Salizhan Sharipov had originally been assigned to command this Soyuz flight and participate in Expedition 18, but was replaced by Yury Lonchakov. File:Soyuz TMA-13 arrives at Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad.jpg, Soyuz TMA-13 arrives at the launch pad at the

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on 10 October 2008 File:Soyuz TMA-13 erected at Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad.jpg, Soyuz TMA-13 erected at the

launch pad 1/5

Gagarin's Start Gagarin's Start (, ''Gagarinskiy start''), also known as Baikonur Site 1 or Site 1/5 was a launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that was used by the Soviet space program and Roscosmos. History 20th century The launchpad f ...

File:Soyuztma13patch.jpg, Crew Patch

References

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