Soyuz TMA-09M
Soyuz TMA-09M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on May 28, 2013 and docked with the International Space Station on May 29 after a fast rendezvous profile. The spacecraft carried Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg to the station for Expeditions 36 and 37. The crew supported station research, visiting vehicles, maintenance, and international operations before returning to Earth aboard the same Soyuz on November 11, 2013, landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
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- OlympusISS Soyuz 35SVolare
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-09M
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TMA-09M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on May 28, 2013 and docked with the International Space Station on May 29 after a fast rendezvous profile. The spacecraft carried Soyuz commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg to the station for Expeditions 36 and 37. The crew supported station research, visiting vehicles, maintenance, and international operations before returning to Earth aboard the same Soyuz on November 11, 2013, landing southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
- End Date
- 2013-11-11
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful ISS crew transport and return. TMA-09M delivered Yurchikhin, Parmitano, and Nyberg for Expeditions 36-37, relocated from Rassvet to Zvezda, and returned the crew and the Sochi Olympic torch safely southeast of Zhezkazgan after 166 days.
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- Start Date
- 2013-05-28
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- July 8, 2026 at 13:57:52 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:47 UTC
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