Soyuz TMA-14
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| Mission name | Soyuz TMA-14 | ||||
| Crew size | 3 | ||||
| Launch pad | Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakstan LC-1/5 |
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| Launch date | March 25 2009 | ||||
| Landing | September 2009 | ||||
| Mission duration | TBD | ||||
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The Soyuz TMA-14 is a planned 2009 flight to the International Space Station. It will transport 3 members of the Expedition 19 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-14 will be the 101st flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the remainder of the Expedition 19 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
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[edit] Crew
NASA announced the Expedition 19 crew on February 11, 2008.[1]
[edit] Will launch and land ISS Expedition 19 crew
- Gennady Padalka (3)
Russia - Commander - Michael Barratt (1)
United States - Flight Engineer 1
[edit] Will launch
- tbd "A" (Space Adventures spaceflight participant ?)
[edit] Will land
[edit] Space tourism status
Soyuz TMA-14 (or Soyuz TMA-16) might well be the final flight of a space tourist to the International Space Station. With the retirement of the Space Shuttle and the extension of the crew of the station to six crew members, all Soyuz crew positions in the foreseeable future should be occupied by Expedition crew.[2]
This will remain valid at least till another human spacecraft, most probably Orion, is able to service the International Space Station.
[edit] Backup Crew
[edit] References
- ^ NASA (2008). NASA Assigns Crews for STS-127 and Expedition 19 Missions. NASA. Retrieved on February 11, 2008.
- ^ Russia sees end of road for space tourism Yahoo News Thu Dec 27 AFP
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