SOYUZ TMA-13 ROCKET MODEL RKK ENERGIA, 2008 — PRESENTATION MODEL

Extra-large 1:45 scale, 64 inches tall, custom handmade model in glass, reinforced plastic and metal, on wood and metal stand with plaque reading "SOYUZ TMA-13 SPACE ROCKET MODEL ISS EXPEDITION, October 12, 2008, RKK ENERGIA."

On October 12, 2008, the Soyuz TMA-13 launched for the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome with a three-man crew of Expedition 18 commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov, and spaceflight participant Richard Garriott, an accomplished video game developer and the son of NASA astronaut Owen K. Garriott. Fincke and Lonchakov spent a total of six months on the ISS, while Garriott returned to Earth with Expedition 17 crew-members Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko on October 24th.