Soyuz TMA-16
2009 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Soyuz TMA-16?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Soyuz TMA-16 (Russian: Союз TMA-16) was a crewed flight to and from the International Space Station (ISS). It transported two members of the Expedition 21 crew[1] 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.
Mission type | ISS crew rotation |
---|---|
Operator | Roskosmos |
COSPAR ID | 2009-053A |
SATCAT no. | 35940 |
Mission duration | 168 days |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Soyuz No.226 |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 up 2 down |
Members | Maksim Surayev Jeffrey Williams |
Launching | Guy Laliberté |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 30, 2009, 07:14:45 (2009-09-30UTC07:14:45Z) UTC[1][2] |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | March 18, 2010, 11:24 (2010-03-18UTC11:25Z) UTC[1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 340 kilometres (210 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 351 kilometres (218 mi) |
Inclination | 51.6 degrees |
Period | 91.44 minutes |
Epoch | October 7, 2009[3] |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Zvezda aft |
Docking date | 2 October 2009 08:35 UTC |
Undocking date | 21 January 2010 10:03 UTC |
Time docked | 111d 1h 28m |
Docking with ISS (Relocation) | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 21 January 2010 10:24 UTC |
Undocking date | 18 March 2010 08:03 UTC |
Time docked | 55d 21h 39m |
From left to right: Laliberté, Williams and Surayev Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, was a Space tourist aboard TMA-16 during its flight to the ISS, paying approximately US$35 million for his seat through the American firm Space Adventures.[4] 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.