The Soyuz 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.
From left to right: Charles Simonyi, Gennadi Padalka, Michael BarrattSoyuz programme (Crewed missions)← Soyuz TMA-13Soyuz TMA-15 →
Image: Soyuz TMA 14 liftoff
Soyuz TMA-14 approaches the International Space Station on 28 March 2009.
Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American software architect.
Simonyi in 2006