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Soyuz TMA-9

2006 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

Soyuz TMA-9

2006 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS

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nameSoyuz TMA-9
imageFile:Sojuz TMA-9 into flight.jpg
operatorRoscosmos
COSPAR_ID2006-040A
mission_duration215 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes
spacecraft_typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
manufacturerEnergia
launch_mass7270 kg
launch_dateUTC
launch_rocketSoyuz-FG
launch_siteBaikonur 1/5
landing_dateUTC
crew_size3
crew_membersMikhail Tyurin
Michael López-Alegría
crew_launchingAnousheh Ansari
crew_landingCharles Simonyi
crew_callsignVostok
crew_photoSoyuz TMA-9 crew w ansari.jpg
crew_photo_captionCrew of Soyuz TMA-9: (l-r) López-Alegría, Ansari, Tyurin
orbit_referenceGeocentric
orbit_regimeLow Earth
orbit_periapsis200 km
orbit_apoapsis242 km
orbit_inclination51.67 degrees
orbit_period88.64 minutes
apsisgee
docking_targetISS
docking_typedock
docking_portZvezda aft
docking_date20 September 2006
05:21 UTC
undocking_date10 October 2006
19:14 UTC
time_docked
docking_targetISS
(Relocation)
docking_typedock
docking_portZarya nadir
docking_date10 October 2006
19:34 UTC
undocking_date29 March 2007
23:30 UTC
time_docked
docking_targetISS
(Relocation)
docking_typedock
docking_portZvezda aft
docking_date29 March 2007
23:54 UTC
undocking_date21 April 2007
09:11 UTC
time_docked
previous_missionSoyuz TMA-8
next_missionSoyuz TMA-10
programmeSoyuz programme
(Crewed missions)

Michael López-Alegría

05:21 UTC 19:14 UTC (Relocation) 19:34 UTC 23:30 UTC (Relocation) 23:54 UTC 09:11 UTC (Crewed missions)

Soyuz TMA-9 launch.

Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It was a human spaceflight mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006 at 08:09 MSD (04:09 UTC), docked with the ISS at 09:21 MSD (05:21 UTC) on 20 September, and returned to Earth on 21 April 2007. Soyuz TMA-9 transported two-thirds of ISS Expedition 14 to the space station along with one "spaceflight participant" who performed several experiments on behalf of the European Space Agency. | access-date = 2006-09-22

Crew

Crew notes

Daisuke Enomoto was originally scheduled to be the spaceflight participant, but on 21 August 2006, he was determined to be unfit for the flight for medical reasons, and replaced by Anousheh Ansari, his back-up crew member.

Docking with ISS

  • Docked to ISS: 20 September 2006, 05:21 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda)
  • Undocking from ISS: 10 October 2006 19:14 UTC (from aft port of Zvezda)
  • Docking to ISS: 10 October 2006 19:34 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
  • Undocking from ISS: 29 March 2007 23:30 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)
  • Docking to ISS: 29 March 2007 23:54 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda)
  • Undocking from ISS: 21 April 2007 09:11 UTC (from aft port of Zvezda)

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-9, known within the International Space Station program as ISS Soyuz 13, was the 32nd crewed flight to the ISS. It is of note because for three days, from 18–21 September 2006, it marked the first time since before the Columbia accident that twelve humans have been in space simultaneously; three aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 13), three aboard Soyuz TMA-9, and six aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis, flying mission STS-115.

The capsule launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-FG rocket at 09:08 MDS (04:08 UTC) on Monday 18 September 2006. It docked with the ISS on Wednesday 20 September to begin a six-month stay on the orbiting laboratory.

Anousheh Ansari, the spaceflight participant launched by TMA-9, returned to Earth alongside Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams of the Expedition 13 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on 29 September 2006 at 01:13 UTC. Undocking from the ISS took place at 21:53 UTC on 28 September. López-Alegría and Tyurin undocked from ISS on 21 April 2007, 09:11 UTC, and landed at 12:31:30 UTC, after a seven-month stay on the station.

References

References

  1. "Soyuz TMA-9 Launch".
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