 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 2004, Vinogradov akatanga kudzidziswa semutungamiriri wevashandi veISS Expedition 13. Basa racho rakatangwa muSoyuz TMA-8 naVinogradov uye NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams kubva kuBaikonour Cosmodrome muKazakhstan musi waMarch 29, 2006. Vinogradov akashanda somutungamiriri weSoyuz. Pashure pemazuva maviri okubhururuka oga, Soyuz TMA-8 yakasvika paISS musi waMarch 31, 2006. Munguva yebasa ravo, Vinogradov naWilliams vakagamuchira vashandi vaviri veNASA shuttle panguva yavo yekugara paISS. vakashanyira ISS pakati pa6-15 Chikunguru 2006. Zvinangwa zvikuru zveSTS-121 zvakanga zviri kuedza nzira itsva dzokuchengetedza nokugadzira dzakatangwa pashure pengwavaira yeColumbiauyewo kuendesa zvinhu, midziyo uye ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter kubva kuGermany kuenda kuISS. Space Shuttle yakaunza P3P4 truss namapapiro ayo ezuva kuISS mukati mebasa rayo reSTS-115 kubva muna September 9 kusvika ku21. Soyuz capsule yaitakura Vinogradov yakabva paISS na5: 53 masikati EDT musi waSeptember 28, 2006, uye yakamhara mumasango eKazakhstan pedyo neArkalyk na9:13 p.m. EDT. Vinogradov akabatanidzwa neNASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams uye Spaceflight Participant Anousheh Ansari. Vinogradov akapedza mazuva 182, maawa 23 nemaminitsi 44 ari muchadenga ari muchikepe cheSoyuz uye ISS. 