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Expedition 14 (ISS-14)
Eleventh Russian Visiting Crew
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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. |
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Launch Site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Landing:
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On September 29, 2006 at 05:13 Moscow time (01:13 UTC). |
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Landing Site:
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In the area located near Arkalyk, Republic of Kazakhstan |
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Flight duration:
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10 days 21 hr 5 min |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- 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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