Soyuz TMA-09M

Soyuz TMA- 09M is a mission name for the flight of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station. In the course of the ISS program of flight is called ISS AF - 35S. It was the 35th visit of a Soyuz spacecraft to the ISS, and the 141st flight in Sojusprogramm.

Crew

Main occupation

  • Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin (4th space flight), Commander, ( Russia / Roskosmos )
  • Luca Parmitano ( first space flight), flight engineer, (Italy / ESA )
  • Karen Nyberg Lujean ( second space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)

Backup crew

  • Mikhail Tyurin Vladislavovich ( third space flight), Commander, ( Russia / Roskosmos )
  • Richard Alan Mastracchio (4th space flight), flight engineer, (USA / NASA)
  • Koichi Wakata (4th space flight), flight engineer, ( Japan / JAXA )

Mission Description

The mission took three crew members of the ISS Expeditions 36 and 37 to the International Space Station. The Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz TMA- 07M sparked off as a rescue capsule.

Also this mission docked as Soyuz TMA- 08M in less than six hours after the start of the ISS. The ship moored at the Mini Research Module Rassvet.

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