page_title: Soyuz TMA-9
hierarchical_section_title: Soyuz TMA-9
caption_attribution_description: Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (left), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari; and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer and Soyuz commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participate in the traditional flag-raising ceremony at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Sept. 5, 2006 as they prepare for their launch Sept. 18 on a Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Victor Zelentsov/NASA
context_page_description: Soyuz TMA-9 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station 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, docked with the ISS at 09:21 MSD 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Soyuz programme
  (Crewed missions)
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