Soyuz TMA-16

Cepheus

Russia

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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	30.09.2009
Launch time:	07:14 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking ISS:	02.10.2009, 08:35:07 UTC
Undocking ISS:	18.03.2010, 08:03 UTC
Landing date:	18.03.2010
Landing time:	11:24 UTC
Landing site:	50°46'51.4" N, 67°27'53,3" E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Surayev	Maksim Viktorovich	Commander	1	169d 04h 10m	2669
2	Williams	Jeffrey Nels	Flight Engineer	3	169d 04h 10m	2669
3	Laliberté	Guy	Spaceflight Participant	1	10d 21h 17m	171

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Surayev
2	Williams
3	Laliberté

Landing
1	Surayev
2	Williams
3

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Skvortsov	Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Jr.	Commander
2	Walker	Shannon	Flight Engineer
3	Barrett	Barbara McConnell	Spaceflight Participant

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 63 km northeast of Arkalyk; ISS expedition 21 / 22 (Maksim Surayev and Jeffrey Williams).

Guy Laliberté became another space tourist. Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TMA-16 docked to ISS on October 02, 2009. Jeffrey Williams and Maksim Surayev became the ISS expedition 21 (together with ISS expedition 20 crew members Frank De Winne, Roman Romanenko, Robert Thirsk and Nicole Stott).