LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Mon Sep 18 2006

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Soyuz TMA-9

Launch Successful

Launch Time

(4:08 AM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(4:08 AM UTC)

Launch Window End

(4:08 AM UTC)

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Soyuz FG

The Soyuz FG rocket is an expendable launch vehicle most commonly known for carrying humans to the International Space Station today.

Type: Human Exploration
Soyuz TMA-9 begins Expedition 14 by carrying 3 astronauts and cosmonauts to the International Space Station. Russian Commander, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin alongside Flight Engineers, Michael LÃ³pez-AlegrÃa (NASA) & spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari (Space Adventures) will launch aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and then rendezvous with the station. It landed on 21 April 2007, 12:31 UTC

Location

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Pad

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