Soyuz TMA-16

Launch, orbit & landing data: Designation  35940 / 09053A Launch date - time  30 Sep 2009 - 07:14 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC1/5 Launch vehicle Soyuz-FG (#xx) Soyuz designation 11F732 nº Mass (kg)   kg Docking date - time  02 Oct 2009 - 08:35 UT Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Zvezda aft port Earth orbit on :    - Perigee / Apogee  ~350 km    - Inclination  51.6°    - Period   min Undocking date - time  21 Jan 2010 - 10:03 UT 2e Docking date - time  21 Jan 2010 Target spacecraft/port  ISS/Poisk module Undocking date - time  18 Mar 2010 - 08:03 UT Deorbit burn date - time   Landing date - time  18 Mar 2010 - 11:24 UT Landing location  50°46'51.4" N, 67°27'53.3" E Flight Duration (d:hr:min)  169d 04h 10m Nbr orbits  2669 Landing crew  Surayev and Williams

Launched Crew

Backup Crew

Nr. Name Job 1  Skvortsov, Aleksandr  Commander 2  Walker, Shannon  Flight engineer 3  Barrett, Barbara McConnell  Spaceflight participant

Mission Report:

• ISS Expedition 21.
  
  

  Rollout Soyuz

  Soyuz TMA-16 on launchpad

  Launch Soyuz TMA-16

  
  
  
• Soyuz TMA-16 was launched on Sep 30, 2009 into a 195 x 240 km x 51.6 deg orbit. By Oct 2 it was in a 340 x 351 km x 51.6 deg orbit; the spacecraft docked with the Station at 08:35 UTC on Oct 2. Crew were Maksim Surayev (commander TMA-16, flight engineer Expedition 21), Jeffrey Williams (flight engineer TMA-16 and Ex-21), and Guy Laliberte (spaceflight participant, TMA-16 and visiting crew EP-17).
  
  

  Soyuz by ISS

  
  
  
• Astronauts Suraev and Williams (exp. 22 crew) undocked from the Zvezda aft port in Soyuz TMA-16 at 1003 UTC on Jan 21, 2010 and flew the spacecraft around the station to dock with the new Poisk module on the zenithal side of Zvezda.
  
  

  Capsule on parachute

  Landing capsule

  Recovery crew

  
  
  
• The Soyuz TMA-16 ferry spaceship undocked on Mar 18, 2010 at 08:03 UT and landed in Kazakhstan at 1124 UTC. Maksim Suraev and Jeff Williams returned to Earth aboard the spacecraft, completing Expedition 22. With the undocking of TMA-16, the remaining station crew of Oleg Kotov, TJ Creamer and Soichi Noguchi were deemed to become Expedition 23.

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