Soyuz TMA-9

Infobox Space mission
mission_name = Soyuz TMA-9
sign = Vostok
spacecraft_name = Soyuz TMA
insignia = Soyuz TMA-9 Logo.jpg
insignia_size = 180px
stats_ref =
crew_members = 3
launch_pad = Gagarin's Start
launch = 18 September 2006 04:08 UTC
landing = 21 April 2007
12:31 UTC

duration = 215 d 08 h 22 min
orbits =
apogee = 242 km
perigee = 200 km
period = 88.64 minutes
altitude =
inclination = 51.67 degrees
distance =
mass = 7,270 kg
crew_photo = Soyuz TMA-9 crew w ansari.jpg
crew_caption =
previous = Soyuz TMA-8
next = Soyuz TMA-10

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. [cite web
url = http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMQRH7LURE_index_0.html
title = "ESA experiments with spaceflight participant Ansari to ISS"
accessdate = 2006-09-22]

Crew

Launched and landed ISS "Expedition 14" crew

*Mikhail Tyurin (2*) Soyuz Commander, ISS flight Engineer - RUS
*Michael Lopez-Alegria (4) Flight Engineer, ISS CDR - ESP / USA

Launched

*Anousheh Ansari (1) Spaceflight Participant - IRI / USA ( landed with Soyuz TMA-8)

Landed

*Charles Simonyi (1) Spaceflight Participant - HUN / USA

* Number in parentheses indicates total spaceflights for each individual, including this one.

Crew notes

Daisuke Enomoto Was originally scheduled to be the spaceflight participant, but on on August 21, 2006, he was determined to be unfit for the flight due to medical reasons, and replaced by Anousheh Ansari, his back-up crew member.

Mission parameters

*Mass: 7,270 kg
*Perigee: 200 km
*Apogee: 242 km
*Inclination: 51.67 degrees
*Orbital period: 88.64 minutescite web
url = http://www.roscosmos.ru/Start1Show.asp?STARTID=613
title = Soyuz TMA-9 Launch
accessdate = 2006-09-23]

Docking with ISS

*Docked to ISS: 20 September 2006, 05:21 UTC (to aft port of Zvezda)
*Undocking from ISS: 10 October 2006 19:14 UTC (from aft port of Zvezda)
*Docking to ISS: 10 October 2006 19:34 UTC (to nadir port of Zarya)
*Undocking from ISS: 21 April 2007 09:11 UTC (from nadir port of Zarya)

Mission highlights

Soyuz TMA-9, known within the International Space Station program as "ISS Soyuz 13", was the 32nd manned flight to the ISS. It is of note because for three days, from 18-21 September 2006, it marked the first time since before the "Columbia" accident that twelve humans have been in space simultaneously; three aboard the International Space Station (Expedition 13), three aboard Soyuz TMA-9, and six aboard Space Shuttle "Atlantis", flying mission STS-115.

The capsule successfully launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz Rocket at 09:08 MDS (04:08 UTC) on Monday 18 September 2006. [cite web | url = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=2006-040A | title = Soyuz TMA-9 - NSSDC ID: 2006-040A | publisher = National Space Science Data Center] It successfully docked with the ISS on Wednesday 20 September to begin a six-month stay on the orbiting laboratory.

Anousheh Ansari, the Spaceflight Participant launched by TMA-9, has returned to Earth safely alongside Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeffrey Williams of the Expedition 13 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-8 on 29 September 2006 at 01:13 UTC. Undocking from the ISS took place at 21:53 UTC on 28 September. Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin undocked from ISS on 21 April 2007, 09:11 UTC, and landed at 12:31:30 UTC, after a six-month stay on the station.

When the capsule landed after 215 days in space, exceeding the 210-day warranty for Soyuz TMA spacecraft, it concluded the longest flight by a Soyuz spacecraft.Fact|date=April 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/soyuz-tma-9.htm Soyuz TMA-9]