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Expedition 19/20 (ISS-19/20)
Sixteenth Russian Visiting Crew
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Launch:
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On March 26, 2009, at 14:49:18
Moscow Time (11:49:18 UTC), a launch vehicle Soyuz-FG
launched Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz
TMA-14. |
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Launch Site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Docking:
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On March 28, 2009, at 16:04:49 Moscow Time (13:04:49 UTC) to the docking port of Zvezda Service Moduleof the ISS. |
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Undocking:
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On April 8, 2009 at 07:52 Moscow Time (03:52 UTC) Soyuz TMA-13
undocked from the ISS. |
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Landing:
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On April 8, 2009 at 11:15 Moscow Time (07:15 UTC). |
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Landing Site:
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Near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Flight duration:
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12 days 19 hours 26 minutes. |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- Launch of the visiting crew (VC-16) spaceflight participant, U.S. citizen Charles Simonyi by manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-14;
- Transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-14 off-loading;
- Soyuz spacecraft handover during nominal changeover of the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft performing a function of a rescue-vehicle as part of the ISS since October 14, 2008;
- Implementation of the utilization program and life science experiments for Charles Simonyi onboard the ISS;
- Communication with the Russian Mission Control Center;
- Provision of proper habitability onboard the ISS;
- Taking a route for the ISS urgency egress;
- Equipment transfer to the Soyuz TMA-13 transport spacecraft;
- Return of spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi to the Earth together with two ISS-18 crew members Yuri Lonchakov and Michael Fincke in the descent capsule of the Soyuz TMA-13 transport spacecraft.
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