| Operator | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| COSPAR ID | 2006-040A |
| SATCATno. | 29400 |
| Mission duration | 215 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F732 |
| Manufacturer | Energia |
| Launch mass | 7,270 kilograms (16,030 lb) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members | Mikhail Tyurin Michael López-Alegría |
| Launching | Anousheh Ansari |
| Landing | Charles Simonyi |
| Callsign | Vostok |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 18 September 2006, 04:08 (2006-09-18UTC04:08Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 21 April 2007, 12:31 (2007-04-21UTC12:32Z) UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 200 kilometres (120 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 242 kilometres (150 mi) |
| Inclination | 51.67 degrees |
| Period | 88.64 minutes[1] |
| Docking withISS | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 20 September 2006 05:21 UTC |
| Undocking date | 10 October 2006 19:14 UTC |
| Time docked | 20d 13h 53m |
| Docking withISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zarya nadir |
| Docking date | 10 October 2006 19:34 UTC |
| Undocking date | 29 March 2007 23:30 UTC |
| Time docked | 170d 3h 56m |
| Docking withISS (Relocation) | |
| Docking port | Zvezda aft |
| Docking date | 29 March 2007 23:54 UTC |
| Undocking date | 21 April 2007 09:11 UTC |
| Time docked | 22d 9h 17m |
Crew of Soyuz TMA-9: (l-r) López-Alegría, Ansari, Tyurin Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) | |

Soyuz TMA-9 was aSoyuz mission to theInternational Space Station (ISS) launched by aSoyuz FG launch vehicle. It was ahuman spaceflight mission transporting personnel to and from the ISS. It launched from theBaikonur Cosmodrome on 18 September 2006 at 08:09MSD (04:09UTC), 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 ISSExpedition 14 to the space station along with one"spaceflight participant" who performed several experiments on behalf of theEuropean Space Agency.[2]
| Position | Launching crew | Landing crew |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Expedition 14 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer | Expedition 14 Fourth (last NASA) spaceflight | |
| Spaceflight Participant | Only spaceflight Tourist | First spaceflight Tourist |
Daisuke Enomoto was originally scheduled to be the spaceflight participant, but on 21 August 2006, he was determined to be unfit for the flight for medical reasons, and replaced by Anousheh Ansari, his back-up crew member.

Soyuz TMA-9, known within theInternational Space Station program asISS Soyuz 13, was the 32nd crewed flight to the ISS. It is of note because for three days, from 18–21 September 2006, it marked the first time since before theColumbia accident that twelve humans have been in space simultaneously; three aboard theInternational Space Station (Expedition 13), three aboard Soyuz TMA-9, and six aboardSpace ShuttleAtlantis, flying missionSTS-115.
The capsule launched fromBaikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on aSoyuz-FG rocket at 09:08MDS (04:08UTC) on Monday 18 September 2006.[3] It docked with the ISS on Wednesday 20 September to begin a six-month stay on the orbiting laboratory.
Anousheh Ansari, the spaceflight participant launched by TMA-9, returned to Earth alongside CommanderPavel Vinogradov and Flight EngineerJeffrey Williams of theExpedition 13 crew aboardSoyuz TMA-8 on 29 September 2006 at 01:13 UTC. Undocking from the ISS took place at 21:53 UTC on 28 September. López-Alegría and Tyurin undocked from ISS on 21 April 2007, 09:11 UTC, and landed at 12:31:30 UTC, after a seven-month stay on the station.