Soyuz TMA-9

Russia

Manned Flight nº: 250

Earth orbit Flight nº: 247

Russian Flight nº: 103

32th manned flight to ISS. Flight: ISS-13S

Launch, orbit & landing data:

Designation	29400 / 06040A
Launch date - time	18 Sep 2006 - 04:08:40 UT
Launch site	Baikonur, LC1/5
Launch vehicle	Soyuz-FG (#019)
Soyuz designation	7K-STMA (11F732) nº219
Mass (kg)	kg
Call Sign
Docking date - time	20 Sep 2006 - 05:21:20 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda aft port
Earth orbit on :
- Perigee / Apogee	325 x 358 km
- Inclination	51,6°
- Period	91.4 min
Undocking date - time	10 Oct 2006 - 19:13:10 UT
Redocking date - time	10 Oct 2006 - 19:34:04 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zarya nadir port
Undocking date - time	29 Mar 2007 - 22:30 UT
Redocking date - time	29 Mar 2007 - 22:53 UT
Target spacecraft/port	ISS/Zvezda aft port
Undocking date - time	21 Apr 2007 - 09:11 UT
Deorbit burn - time	21 Apr 2007 - 11:42 UT
Landing date - time	21 Apr 2007 - 12:31:30 UT
Landing location	133 km NE of Dzhezkazgan 48°26'003 N, 69°13'35" E
Flight Duration (d:hr:min)	215d 08h 22m
Nbr orbits	3401
Landing crew (Exp.14 & VC-12):	Tyurin & Lopez-Alegria space tourist Simonyi C.(TMA-10)

Launched Crew (Exp.14 & VC-11):

Nr.	Surname	Given name	Job	Duration
1	Tyurin	Mikhail Vladislavovich	Commander	215d 08h 22m
2	Lopez-Alegria	Michael Eladio	Flight engineer	215d 08h 22m
3	Ansari	Anousheh	Commercial Cosmonaut	10d 21h 05m

Ansary landed with Soyuz-TMA-8 on 29 Sep 2006.
Note: originally Daisuke Enomoto was assigned as fourth space tourist, but medically grounded on 21.08.2006; he was replaced by his backup Anousheh Ansary.

Backup Crew

Nr.	Name	Job
1	Malenchenko, Yuri Ivanovich	Commander
2	Whitson, Peggy Annette	Flight engineer

Mission Report:

Soyuz TMA-9 was launched from Baikonur on Sep 18, 2006 carrying the Expedition 14 crew of Mikhail Tyurin and Mike Lopez-Alegria, as well as spaceflight participant (tourist) Anousheh Ansari. TMA-9 docked with Station at 05:21 UTC on Sep 20, linking up with the aft port of Zvezda.
Ansari is well known as an advocate of spaceflight; she donated millions of dollars to fund the Ansari X-Prize won by Burt Rutan′s Spaceship One.
On Oct 10 Soyuz TMA-9 was undocked from Zvezda at 19:14 UTC and redocked with Zarya at 19:34 UTC.
The Expedition 14 crew boarded Soyuz TMA-9 on Mar 29, 2007 undocking from Zarya at 22:30 UTC and redocking with Zvezda at 22:54, leaving the Zarya port free for the planned Soyuz TMA-10 launch.
On Apr 21, 2007 Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and Simonyi returned to Earth in the Soyuz TMA-9 ship, landing at 12:31 UTC.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Baikonur, registered mail

Ref.: #7(JR571/572-579), #14, #16, #21, #210, #219, #238, #400 - update: 23.10.17

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