Launch: |
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On September 18, 2006 at 08:08:42 Moscow time (04:08:42 UTC) Russian manned transport spacecraft Soyuz TMA-9 was launched by the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle. |
Launch site: |
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan |
Docking: |
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On September 20, 2006 at 09:21:20 Moscow time (05:21:20 UTC) to the Zvezda Module port of the ISS Orbital Complex. |
Undocking: |
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On September 29, 2006 at 01:50 Moscow time (on Septemebr 28 at 21:50 UTC) the Soyuz TMA-8 spacecraft undocked from the Zaria Module of the ISS Orbital Complex. |
Landing: |
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On September 29, 2006 at 05:13 Moscow time (01:13 UTC). |
Landing site: |
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In the area located near Arkalyk, Republic
of Kazakhstan |
Flight duration: |
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10 days 21 hr 5 min |
Main tasks of the increment:
- Launch of Anousheh Ansari, citizen of USA, participant
of the visiting crew by Soyuz TMA-9 manned vehicle;
- Unloading of Soyuz TMA-9 transport vehicle;
- Soyuz turnover/acceptance within the planned
changeover of Soyuz TMA-8 acting as a crew return
vehicle as part of the ISS since April 1, 2006;
- Implementation of Anousheh
Ansari’s utilization program onboard the ISS, as well
as ESA life science experiments (MUSCLE, SAMPLE);
- Maintenance of Soyuz transport vehicle systems;
- Provision of personal life support onboard the
ISS;
- ISS Emergency drill walk;
- Retrieval of hardware to Soyuz TMA-8 transport
vehicle;
- Return of Anousheh Ansari, spaceflight participant,
to Earth together with two ISS-13 crewmembers Pavel
Vinogradov and Jeffrey Williams in Soyuz TMA-8
descent capsule.
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