Soyuz TMA-14M

Soyuz TMA-14M

Soyuz TMA-14M approaches the ISS with port solar array retracted, 26 September 2014
Operator	Roskosmos
COSPAR ID	2014-057A
SATCAT №	40246
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Soyuz 11F732A47 No.714
Spacecraft type	Soyuz-TMA 11F747
Manufacturer	RKK Energia
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Aleksandr Samokutyayev Yelena Serova Barry E. Wilmore
Start of mission
Launch date	25 September 2014, 20:25:00 (2014-09-25T20:25Z) UTC
Rocket	Soyuz-FG
Launch site	Baikonur 1/5, Kazakhstan
End of mission
Landing date	11 March 2015 (planned)
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee	176 kilometres (109 mi)[1]
Apogee	335 kilometres (208 mi)[1]
Inclination	52.06 degrees[1]
Period	89.48 minutes[1]
Epoch	25 September 2014, 20:13:36 UTC[1]
Docking with ISS
Docking port	Poisk zenith
Docking date	26 September 2014 02:11 UTC
(l-r) Samokutyayev, Wilmore and Serova Soyuz programme (Manned missions) ← Soyuz TMA-13M Soyuz TMA-15M →

Soyuz TMA-14M is a 2014 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 41 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-14M is the 123rd flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain docked to the space station for the Expedition 42 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle until its scheduled departure in March 2015.

Crew

Backup crew

Mission highlights

Launch, rendezvous and docking

Soyuz TMA-14M successfully launched aboard a Soyuz-FG rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 20:25 UTC on Thursday, 25 September 2014 (2:25 AM Friday 26 September local time).^[4] The spacecraft reached low Earth orbit approximately nine minutes after lift-off.^[5] After reaching orbit, the Soyuz spacecraft's port solar array failed to deploy, but eventually did deploy after docking with the ISS. According to NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency, the solar array does not pose a threat to the success of the mission.^[6]

Following a four-orbit rendezvous, the spacecraft docked with the Poisk module of the International Space Station just under six hours after launch, at 02:11 UTC on Friday, 26 September. Hatches between the two spacecraft were opened at 04:06 UTC. At this time, the crew of TMA-14M joined the crew of Expedition 41, where they are scheduled to remain until the crew of Soyuz TMA-13M departs in November 2014. Samokutyayev, Serova and Wilmore are to transfer to the crew of Expedition 42 at that time.^[4][6]

TMA-14M is scheduled to remained docked to the ISS—serving as an emergency escape vehicle—until March 2015, when it is to depart and return Samokutyayev, Serova and Wilmore to Earth.

Gallery

• The Soyuz rocket being rolled out to the launch pad.

• The crew waves to spectators before boarding the rocket.

• TMA-14M launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

References

Soyuz programme Main topics Soyuz (rocket family) Soyuz (spacecraft) Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 1/5 Site 31/6 List of Soviet manned space missions List of Russian manned space missions Unmanned missions Kosmos 133 Kosmos 140 Kosmos 186 Kosmos 188 Kosmos 212 Kosmos 213 Kosmos 238 Soyuz 2 Kosmos 379 Kosmos 396 Kosmos 434 Kosmos 496 Kosmos 573 Kosmos 613 Kosmos 638 Kosmos 656 Kosmos 670 Kosmos 672 Kosmos 772 Soyuz 20 Kosmos 869 Kosmos 1001 Soyuz 32 (at landing) Kosmos 1074 Soyuz 34 (at start) Soyuz T-1 Soyuz TM-1 Manned missions Past Soyuz 7K-OK (1967–1970) 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Soyuz 7K-OKS (1971) 10 11 Soyuz 7K-T (1973–1981) 12 13 14 15 17 18a 18 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 (at start) 33 34 (at landing) 35 36 37 38 39 40 Soyuz 7K-TM (1974–1976) 16 19 22 Soyuz-T (1976–1986) T-2 T-3 T-4 T-5 T-6 T-7 T-8 T-9 T-10-1 T-10 T-11 T-12 T-13 T-14 T-15 Soyuz-TM (1986–2003) TM-2 TM-3 TM-4 TM-5 TM-6 TM-7 TM-8 TM-9 TM-10 TM-11 TM-12 TM-13 TM-14 TM-15 TM-16 TM-17 TM-18 TM-19 TM-20 TM-21 TM-22 TM-23 TM-24 TM-25 TM-26 TM-27 TM-28 TM-29 TM-30 TM-31 TM-32 TM-33 TM-34 Soyuz-TMA (2003–2012) TMA-1 TMA-2 TMA-3 TMA-4 TMA-5 TMA-6 TMA-7 TMA-8 TMA-9 TMA-10 TMA-11 TMA-12 TMA-13 TMA-14 TMA-15 TMA-16 TMA-17 TMA-18 TMA-19 TMA-20 TMA-21 TMA-22 Soyuz-TMA-M (2010–2013) TMA-01M TMA-02M TMA-03M TMA-04M TMA-05M TMA-06M TMA-07M TMA-08M TMA-09M TMA-10M TMA-11M TMA-12M TMA-13M Current Soyuz-TMA-M (2014–2015) TMA-14M TMA-15M Planned Soyuz-TMA-M (2014–2016) TMA-16M TMA-17M TMA-18M TMA-19M TMA-20M Soyuz-MS (2016– ) MS-01 MS-02 MS-03

Human spaceflights to the International Space Station Completed STS-88 STS-96 STS-101 STS-106 STS-92 Soyuz TM-31 STS-97 STS-98 STS-102 STS-100 Soyuz TM-32 STS-104 STS-105 Soyuz TM-33 STS-108 STS-110 Soyuz TM-34 STS-111 STS-112 Soyuz TMA-1 STS-113 Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz TMA-3 Soyuz TMA-4 Soyuz TMA-5 Soyuz TMA-6 STS-114 Soyuz TMA-7 Soyuz TMA-8 STS-121 STS-115 Soyuz TMA-9 STS-116 Soyuz TMA-10 STS-117 STS-118 Soyuz TMA-11 STS-120 STS-122 STS-123 Soyuz TMA-12 STS-124 Soyuz TMA-13 STS-126 STS-119 Soyuz TMA-14 Soyuz TMA-15 STS-127 STS-128 Soyuz TMA-16 STS-129 Soyuz TMA-17 STS-130 Soyuz TMA-18 STS-131 STS-132 Soyuz TMA-19 Soyuz TMA-01M Soyuz TMA-20 STS-133 Soyuz TMA-21 STS-134 Soyuz TMA-02M STS-135 Soyuz TMA-22 Soyuz TMA-03M Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-06M Soyuz TMA-07M Soyuz TMA-08M Soyuz TMA-09M Soyuz TMA-10M Soyuz TMA-11M Soyuz TMA-12M Soyuz TMA-13M Current Soyuz TMA-14M Soyuz TMA-15M Planned Soyuz TMA-16M Soyuz TMA-17M Soyuz TMA-18M Soyuz TMA-19M Soyuz TMA-20M Soyuz MS-01 Soyuz MS-02 Soyuz MS-03