Human Spaceflights

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

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Crew Soyuz TMA-9

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Crew

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

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Tyurin
2  Lopez-Alegria
3  Ansari
Soyuz TMA spaceship
Landing
1  Tyurin
2  Lopez-Alegria
3  Simonyi

Animations: Soyuz

Launch deorbit entry
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Job
1 Russian Federation  Malenchenko  Yuri Ivanovich  Commander
2 USA  Whitson  Peggy Annette  Flight Engineer
Crew Soyuz TMA-9 (double)

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.

Note

Ansari landed on 29.09.2006 at 01:13 UT with Soyuz TMA-8-spacecraft.

Photos / Drawings

Soyuz TMA spaceship Soyuz TMA landing module
Soyuz TMA-9 rollout Soyuz TMA-9 launch
Arrival of Soyuz TMA-9 at the ISS traditional in-flight photo Soyuz TMA-9
Soyuz TMA-9 landing Soyuz TMA-9 recovery

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Last update on August 06, 2009.

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