Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
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Mission duration | 185 days, 15 hours, 7 minutes (at ISS) 187 days, 21 hours, 16 minutes (launch to landing) |
Distance travelled | ~121,802,083 kilometres (75,684,306 mi) |
Orbits completed | 2,940 |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 21 April 2004, 05:01[1] | UTC
Ended | 23 October 2004, 20:08[2] | UTC
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-4 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-4 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | Gennady I. Padalka E. Michael Fincke |
EVAs | 4 |
EVA duration | 15 hours, 45 minutes |
Expedition 9 mission patch L-R: Edward Fincke and Gennady Padalka |
Expedition 9 (2004) was the ninth expedition to the International Space Station[3] (21 April 2004[1] – 23 October 2004).[2]