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Soyuz TMA-16

2009 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Soyuz TMA-16

2009 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

FieldValue
nameSoyuz TMA-16
imageFile:Soyuz TMA-16 Lifts Off.jpg
mission_typeISS crew rotation
operatorRoscosmos
COSPAR_ID2009-053A
SATCAT35940
mission_duration168 days
spacecraftSoyuz No.226
spacecraft_typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
manufacturerEnergia
launch_dateUTC
launch_rocketSoyuz-FG
launch_siteBaikonur 1/5
landing_dateUTC
crew_size3 up
2 down
crew_membersMaksim Surayev
Jeffrey Williams
crew_launchingGuy Laliberté
crew_photoSoyuz TMA-16 crew.jpg
crew_photo_captionFrom left to right: Laliberté, Williams and Surayev
orbit_epochOctober 7, 2009
orbit_referenceGeocentric
orbit_regimeLow Earth
orbit_periapsis340 km
orbit_apoapsis351 km
orbit_inclination51.6 degrees
orbit_period91.44 minutes
apsisgee
docking_targetISS
docking_typedock
docking_portZvezda aft
docking_date2 October 2009
08:35 UTC
undocking_date21 January 2010
10:03 UTC
time_docked
docking_targetISS
(Relocation)
docking_typedock
docking_portPoisk zenith
docking_date21 January 2010
10:24 UTC
undocking_date18 March 2010
08:03 UTC
time_docked
previous_missionSoyuz TMA-15
next_missionSoyuz TMA-17
programmeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

2 down Jeffrey Williams

08:35 UTC 10:03 UTC (Relocation) 10:24 UTC 08:03 UTC (Crewed missions)

The Soyuz TMA-16 () was a crewed flight to and from the International Space Station (ISS). It transported two members of the Expedition 21 crew and a Canadian entrepreneur from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the ISS. TMA-16 was the 103rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The launch of Soyuz TMA-16 marked the first time since 1969 that three Soyuz craft were in orbit simultaneously.

Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, was a Space tourist aboard TMA-16 during its flight to the ISS, paying approximately for his seat through the American firm Space Adventures. He returned on board the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft left as an emergency vehicle during that previous flight. The Soyuz TMA-16 flight spacecraft flew back to Earth with only two crew members.

Crew

Backup Crew

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-16 Lands
Soyuz TMA-16 lifts off
The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station
Soyuz TMA-16 during the relocation to the zenith-facing port of the Poisk module.

Soyuz TMA-16 was docked to the ISS at the aft port of the Zvezda module. On January 21, 2010, cosmonaut Suraev and Expedition 22 Commander Jeffrey Williams relocated the spacecraft to the zenith-facing port of the Poisk module. The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft undocked from the aft end of the Zvezda service module at 5:03 a.m. EST and backed away to a distance of about 100 feet from the space station. Undocking occurred as the station flew about 213 miles high off the southwest coast of Africa. Re-docking occurred at 5:24 a.m. EST after Suraev fired the Soyuz maneuvering thrusters to fly halfway around the orbiting space station and line up with the Poisk module.

Spaceflight participant Guy Laliberté landed aboard Soyuz TMA-14 after approximately 12 days in space while Surayev and Williams landed aboard TMA-16 in Kazakhstan on March 18, 2010.

Space tourism status

Soyuz TMA-16 was the final flight of a space tourist to the International Space Station for more than a decade. With the imminent retirement of the Space Shuttle and the expansion of the station to six crew members, all Soyuz crew positions for the foreseeable future were to be occupied by Expedition crew until another crewed spacecraft such as Dragon 2 or Starliner was available to service the International Space Station.

References

References

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  2. NASA. "Consolidated Launch Manifest". NASA.
  3. McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page.
  4. (October 1, 2009). "Circus tycoon Guy Laliberté becomes first clown in space". guardian.co.uk.
  5. NASA HQ. (November 21, 2008). "NASA Assigns Space Station Crews, Updates Expedition Numbering". NASA.
  6. [http://www.rosbalt.ru/2009/06/04/645500.html Жена главы компании Intel готовится стать космонавтом] {{webarchive. link. (2012-02-14)
  7. Stephen Clark. (January 21, 2010). "Crew shifts Soyuz capsule to new station docking port". Spaceflightnow.com.
  8. AFP. (November 13, 2008). "Russia sees end of road for space tourism". The Sydney Morning Herald.
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