Guy Laliberté ISS Visiting Mission
Canadian entrepreneur and ONE DROP founder Guy Laliberté flew to the International Space Station as a privately funded spaceflight participant. He launched aboard Soyuz TMA-16, conducted the Poetic Social Mission to promote awareness of global water issues, and returned aboard Soyuz TMA-14 after eleven days in space.
Identity
- Aliases
- Guy Laliberté SpaceflightPoetic Social MissionSoyuz TMA-16 Visiting Mission
- Name
- Guy Laliberté ISS Visiting Mission
- Slug
- guy-laliberte-iss-visiting-mission
- Status
- completed
Details
- Description
- Canadian entrepreneur and ONE DROP founder Guy Laliberté flew to the International Space Station as a privately funded spaceflight participant. He launched aboard Soyuz TMA-16, conducted the Poetic Social Mission to promote awareness of global water issues, and returned aboard Soyuz TMA-14 after eleven days in space.
- End Date
- 2009-10-11
- Landing Site Id
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- Launch Site Id
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- Outcome
- Completed. Laliberté spent eleven days in space, used the Poetic Social Mission to promote water awareness, and returned safely aboard Soyuz TMA-14.
- Program
- International Space Station / Poetic Social Mission / ONE DROP
- Space Station Id
- ms7vrdmhtb6vsyh53zc92thbc984p323
- Start Date
- 2009-09-30
- Vehicle Family Ids
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- Vehicle Id
- nh7qazfq43zt0a4hskyvj2zn8s8a45js
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Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:57:06 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:57:06 AM
Other
- Affiliations
- Organization Id
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- Role
- Commercial spaceflight organizer
- Organization Id
- vh7c9dcm6eswqyvh2vsqq53es57ngjhr
- Role
- Soyuz launch and return operator
- Organization Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Role
- ISS partner and host-agency participant support
- Crew
- Astronaut Id
- td728h3kz789ad0bj9amaep6r18a4xzy
- Role
- Spaceflight participant; launched aboard Soyuz TMA-16, conducted the Poetic Social Mission, and returned aboard Soyuz TMA-14