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The Soyuz TMA-14 (Russian: Союз ТМА-14, Union TMA-14) was a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which launched on 26 March 2009. It transported two members of the Expedition 19 crew as well as spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi on his second self-funded flight to the space station. TMA-14 was the 101st crewed flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, including launch failures; however, it was the 100th to launch and land crewed, as Soyuz 34 was launched uncrewed to replace Soyuz 32, which landed empty.[2]
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| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2009-015A |
| SATCAT no. | 34669 |
| Mission duration | 198 days, 16 hours, 42 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz-TMA No.224 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Gennady Padalka Michael Barratt |
| Launching | Charles Simonyi |
| Landing | Guy Laliberté |
| Callsign | Альтаир (Altair) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 26, 2009, 11:49:18 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur, Site 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | October 11, 2009, 04:32 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 224 km (139 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 272 km (169 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.6° |
| Period | 89.46 minutes |
| Epoch | March 27, 2009[1] |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 28 March 2009, 13:05 UTC |
| Undocking date | 2 July 2009, 21:29 UTC |
| Time docked | 96 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes |
| Docking with ISS (relocation) | |
| Docking port | Pirs nadir |
| Docking date | 2 July 2009, 21:54 UTC |
| Undocking date | 11 October 2009, 01:07 UTC |
| Time docked | 100 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes |
 Launching crew from left: Simonyi, Padalka and Barratt | |
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| Position[3][4] | Launching Crew Member | Landing Crew Member |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Gennady PadalkaExpedition 19 Third spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer |  Michael Barratt, NASAExpedition 19 First spaceflight | |
| Spaceflight Participant |  / Charles Simonyi, SASecond and last spaceflight Tourist |
 Guy Laliberté, SAOnly spaceflight Tourist |
Backup crew
| Position[5][6] | Launching Cosmonaut | Landing Cosmonaut |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Maksim Surayev | |
| Flight Engineer | Shannon Walker, NASA | |
| Spaceflight Participant | Esther Dyson, SA Tourist |
Barbara Barrett, SA Tourist |
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Soyuz TMA-14 was docked to the space station for the remainder of the Expedition 20 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The spacecraft swapped its docking ports at the International Space Station from Zvezda SM aft port to Pirs DC nadir port on 2 July 2009.[7] This allowed Progress 34P to dock at the SM aft port on 29 July 2009.
Soyuz TMA-14 undocked and landed safely on 11 October 2009.[8][9] On board for the return flight was the space tourist Guy Laliberté. Laliberté was launched with Expedition 21 on Soyuz TMA-16. He is the first Canadian space tourist.
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Roscosmos, in cooperation with other nations' space programs, invited children ages 6 to 15 to design and submit a patch for Soyuz TMA-14 from October 25, 2008 through December 25, 2008. On December 29, 2008, Roscosmos hosted a ceremony to announce the winners. Anna Chibiskova, 12, from Moscow was chosen for first place and her artwork was incorporated into the design of the official Soyuz TMA-14 crew patch. Kaitlin Riley, 12, from New York, U.S., and Stanislav Pyatkin, 11, from Uglegorsk, Russia, were selected as the second and third-place winners respectively by TMA-14 crew mates Gennady Padalka and Michael Barrett. A fourth winner, Roma Kuznetsov, 7, from Kazakhstan, was further selected by Roscosmos director Anatoly Perimov. All four were invited to the launch of Soyuz TMA-14 with expenses paid by the Russian Insurance Center.[10]
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