Soyuz TMA-9

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Mission emblem
Soyuz TMA-9 emblem
Mission dates
Mission: Soyuz TMA-9
COSPAR-ID : 2006-040A
Spacecraft: Soyuz 7K-STA ( GRAY index  11F732)
serial number 219
Dimensions: 7270 kg
Launcher: Soyuz FG (GRAY index 11A511FG)
Call sign: Восток (Vostok - "East")
Crew: 3
Begin: September 18, 2006, 4:08:42  UTC
Starting place: Baikonur 1/5
Space station: ISS
Coupling: 20 September 2006 5:21 UTC
to the module Zvezda
Decoupling: April 21, 2007, 9:11 UTC
from the Zvezda module
Landing: April 21, 2007, 12:31:30 UTC
Landing place: 135 km NE of jezkazgan , Kazakhstan (48.50 ° N, 69.17 ° E)
Flight duration: 215d 8h 22m 48s
Rotation time : 91.4 min
Apogee : 350 km
Perigee : 333 km
Team photo
v. l. No. López-Alegría, Ansari and Tjurin
v. l. No. López-Alegría, Ansari and Tjurin
◄ Before / After ►
Soyuz TMA-8
(manned) 		Soyuz TMA-10
(manned)

Soyuz TMA-9 is the mission name for the flight of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) . As part of the ISS program, the flight is designated ISS AF-13S . It was the 13th visit by a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS and the 119th flight in the Soyuz program.

crew

Starting crew

Substitute team

Return crew

  • Mikhail Wladislawowitsch Tjurin (2nd space flight), Commander (Roskosmos / Russia)
  • Michael López-Alegría (4th space flight), flight engineer (NASA / USA)
  • Charles Simonyi , space tourist (USA)

Mission overview

Soyuz TMA-9 launch

Soyuz TMA-9 brought the 14th long-term crew to the International Space Station (ISS) and replaced the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft as a rescue vehicle.

The space tourist Daisuke Enomoto was originally supposed to take part in the flight and stay on board the ISS for a week. On August 21, 2006, however, Roskosmos announced that the Japanese entrepreneur could not take part in the space flight for medical reasons and would be replaced by another spaceman. The next day, the space tourist Anousheh Ansari , who had been preparing for the mission as a replacement for Enomoto for a long time, was appointed to the crew.

On August 30, the President of RKK Energija announced that the launch date of Soyuz TMA-9 could be postponed to September 18 if the STS-115 shuttle mission were to start between September 6 and 8. A further postponement would not be considered, since the Soyuz TMA-8 landing capsule would then have to return to earth at night, which one would like to avoid if possible. Should the STS-115 not take off by September 8th, Soyuz TMA-9 would have set off into space on September 14th as planned. The next day, the start date was finally postponed to September 18th, regardless of whether the shuttle starts by September 8th or not.

The launch took place at a carrier rocket of the type Soyuz-FG from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on September 18, 2006 at 4:08:42 pm UTC . The coupling to the ISS took place on September 20 at 5:21:20 UTC, before the hatches between the Soyuz spacecraft and the Russian housing module Zvezda were opened at 8:34 UTC .

After 216 days in space, the landing took place on April 21, 2007, 12:31:30 UTC. The date was postponed by one day due to heavy rainfall and the landing area was relocated 300 km to the south.

More flight dates

  • Coupling ISS: 20 September 2006 5:21 UTC (to the module Zvezda )
  • Decoupling ISS: October 10, 2006, 19:14 UTC (from Zvezda module)
  • Coupling ISS: October 10, 2006, 19:34 UTC (to the Sarja module )
  • Decoupling ISS: March 29, 2007, 10:30 PM UTC (from the Sarja module)
  • Coupling ISS: March 29, 2007, 22:54 UTC (to the Zvezda module)
  • Decoupling ISS: April 21, 2007, 9:11 am (from Zvezda module)

The TMA-9 remained docked on the ISS and served as a new rescue vehicle. It replaced the previous Soyuz TMA-8 rescue vehicle.

See also

Web links

Commons : Soyuz TMA-9  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New Scientist: Space tourist 'Dice-K' prepares to blast off , July 14, 2006 (English)
  2. ↑ Space.com: Japanese Space Tourist Pulled from ISS Flight for Medical Reasons , August 21, 2006 (English)
  3. ↑ IRNA: Iranian Woman As Next Civilian Space Traveler , August 22, 2006 (English)
  4. ↑ Space.com: First Female Space Tourist Readies for ISS Trip ( Memento of November 24, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), August 30, 2006 (English) (link no longer functional)
  5. ↑ Spacedaily.com: Russia Postpones Launch Of Expedition To ISS Until Sept 18 , August 31, 2006 (English)
  6. ↑ Spacetoday.net: Soyuz landing delayed a day , April 19, 2007 (English)
  7. ↑ RIA Novosti / Sputnik News: ISS crew landing put off to avoid spring floods - space agency , April 19, 2007 (English)
  8. ↑ Michael Schumacher: Soyuz TMA-9 implemented for the service module Swjesda. Raumfahrer.net, April 1, 2007, accessed December 31, 2011 .
  9. ↑ RIA Novosti: Soyuz spaceship with space tourist Simonyi undocked from ISS ( memento from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), April 21, 2007