Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TMA-9

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International Flight-No. 247 Soyuz TMA-9 Russia
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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	18.09.2006
Launch time:	04:08 UT
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	350 km
Inclination:	51,6 °
Docking ISS:	20.09.2006, 05:21 UT
Undocking ISS:	21.04.2007, 09:11 UT
Landing date:	21.04.2007
Landing time:	12:31 UT
Landing site:	48° 26 '00" N, 69° 13' 35" E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Tyurin	Mikhail Vladislavovich	Commander	2	215d 08h 22m	3401
2	Lopez-Alegria	Michael Eladio "LA"	Flight Engineer	4	215d 08h 22m	3401
3	Ansari	Anousheh	Spaceflight Participant	1	10d 21h 05m	171

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Tyurin
2	Lopez-Alegria
3	Ansari

Landing
1	Tyurin
2	Lopez-Alegria
3	Simonyi

Animations: Soyuz


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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Job
1	Malenchenko	Yuri Ivanovich	Commander
2	Whitson	Peggy Annette	Flight Engineer

Flight

Launch from Baikonur; landing 135 km northeast of Dzheskasgan.

ISS Expedition 14; originally Daisuke Enomoto was assigned as fourth space tourist, but medically grounded on 21.08.2006; he was replaced by his double Anousheh Ansari; docking to ISS; crew replaced expedition 13 crew.