Soyuz TMA-9

Soyuz TMA-9
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2006-040A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.29400Edit this on Wikidata
Mission duration215 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F732
ManufacturerEnergia
Launch mass7,270 kilograms (16,030 lb)
Crew
Crew size3
MembersMikhail Tyurin
Michael López-Alegría
LaunchingAnousheh Ansari
LandingCharles Simonyi
CallsignVostok
Start of mission
Launch date18 September 2006, 04:08 (2006-09-18UTC04:08Z) UTC
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date21 April 2007, 12:31 (2007-04-21UTC12:32Z) UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Perigee altitude200 kilometres (120 mi)
Apogee altitude242 kilometres (150 mi)
Inclination51.67 degrees
Period88.64 minutes[1]
Docking with ISS
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date20 September 2006
05:21 UTC
Undocking date10 October 2006
19:14 UTC
Time docked20d 13h 53m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZarya nadir
Docking date10 October 2006
19:34 UTC
Undocking date29 March 2007
23:30 UTC
Time docked170d 3h 56m
Docking with ISS
(Relocation)
Docking portZvezda aft
Docking date29 March 2007
23:54 UTC
Undocking date21 April 2007
09:11 UTC
Time docked22d 9h 17m

Crew of Soyuz TMA-9: (l-r) López-Alegría, Ansari, Tyurin
Soyuz programme
(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. [2]

  1. ^ "Soyuz TMA-9 Launch". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2006-09-23.
  2. ^ "ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS". Retrieved 2006-09-22.