Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TMA-9

Human Spaceflights

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

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

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	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

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Double Crew

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

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 135 km northeast of Dzheskasgan.

The mission carried out the ISS expedition 14. Originally Daisuke Enomoto was assigned as fourth space tourist, but he was medically grounded on August 21, 2006. He was replaced by his double Anousheh Ansari.

Following a two day solo flight Soyuz TMA-9 docked with the ISS on September 20, 2006. The crew replaced the expedition 13 crew.