Soyuz TMA-13

Titan

Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	12.10.2008
Launch time:	07:01 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	51,65°
Inclination:	201 - 260 km
Docking ISS:	14.10.2008, 08:26 UTC
Undocking ISS:	08.04.2009, 02:55:30 UTC
Landing date:	08.04.2009
Landing time:	07:16 UTC
Landing site:	48°33'56"N, 69°23'51"E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Lonchakov	Yuri Valentinovich	Commander	3	178d 00h 15m	2803
2	Fincke	Edward Michael "Mike"	Flight Engineer	2	178d 00h 15m	2803
3	Garriott	Richard Allen	Spaceflight Participant	1	11d 20h 35m	188

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Lonchakov
2	Fincke
3	Garriott

Landing
1	Lonchakov
2	Fincke
3	Simonyi

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Padalka	Gennadi Ivanovich	Commander
2	Barratt	Michael Reed	Flight Engineer
3	Halik	Nikos "Nik"	Spaceflight Participant

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 151 km northeast of Dzheskasgan; ISS expedition 18.

Richard Garriott became another space tourist. He is the son of the US astronaut Owen Garriott. Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TMA-13 docked to ISS on October 14, 2008. Yuri Lonchakov and Michael Fincke replaced expedition 17 crew members Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko.

Due to bad weather in the landing area the return was delayed one day.