Soyuz TMA-13M - crewsigned photo / Reid Wiseman Artemis 2

SOYUZ TMA-13M CREW-SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

Reid Wiseman • Alexander Gerst • Maksim Suraev

Expedition 40/41 — From the ISS to Artemis II

An excellent Soyuz TMA-13M crew-signed photograph, bearing the signatures of the complete three-member international crew:

Maksim Suraev — Roscosmos cosmonaut and Soyuz commander
Reid Wiseman — NASA astronaut and flight engineer
Alexander Gerst — European Space Agency astronaut and flight engineer

Soyuz TMA-13M launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 29 May 2014, carrying Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst to the International Space Station. Following a rapid four-orbit rendezvous, the spacecraft docked with the station’s Rassvet module approximately six hours after liftoff.

Expedition 40 and 41

The crew spent approximately five and a half months aboard the International Space Station as members of Expeditions 40 and 41, contributing to scientific research, station maintenance and international operations in low Earth orbit.

During their mission, the crew supported investigations in human physiology, Earth observation, technology development and the effects of long-duration spaceflight. Soyuz TMA-13M remained attached to the station as the crew’s emergency return spacecraft throughout the expedition.

Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst departed the ISS aboard the same Soyuz spacecraft on 9 November 2014 and landed safely in Kazakhstan after approximately 165 days aboard the station and more than 70 million miles of travel. The mission was the first spaceflight for both Wiseman and Gerst and the second for Suraev.

Reid Wiseman — From Soyuz to the Moon

This photograph has particular historical importance because of the subsequent career of Reid Wiseman.

Soyuz TMA-13M was Wiseman’s first journey into space. During Expeditions 40 and 41, he served as a flight engineer and completed two spacewalks. He later served as Chief of NASA’s Astronaut Office from 2020 through 2022.

Wiseman subsequently commanded Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed Orion mission around the Moon and the first crewed mission of the Artemis lunar-exploration program. His Artemis II crewmates were:

Victor Glover — Pilot
Christina Koch — Mission Specialist
Jeremy Hansen — Canadian Space Agency Mission Specialist

The connection with Artemis II makes Wiseman’s signature especially desirable, linking the established Soyuz and International Space Station era with humanity’s renewed crewed exploration of the Moon.

Alexander Gerst — Germany’s ISS Commander

Soyuz TMA-13M carried Alexander Gerst on his first spaceflight, ESA’s Blue Dot mission. A German geophysicist and volcanologist, Gerst became one of Europe’s most prominent astronauts through his scientific work and his widely recognized photography and communication from orbit.

Gerst returned to space in 2018 aboard Soyuz MS-09 for ESA’s Horizons mission. During that expedition, he became the second ESA astronaut—and the first German—to command the International Space Station, serving as commander of Expedition 57.

He could be the first European to walk on the moon !

Maksim Suraev — Veteran Soyuz Commander

Russian cosmonaut Maksim Suraev commanded Soyuz TMA-13M during launch, rendezvous, docking and return to Earth. It was his second long-duration spaceflight following his earlier service during Expeditions 21 and 22.

By the conclusion of Soyuz TMA-13M, Suraev had accumulated approximately 334 days in space across two missions, making him the veteran member of the crew.

A highly desirable crew-signed artifact spanning two major chapters of modern human spaceflight: long-duration international cooperation aboard the ISS and the return of astronauts to the vicinity of the Moon.

Mint condition.