Soyuz TMA-09M
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Soyuz TMA-09M was a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 36 crew to the space station. The Soyuz remained docked to the space statio
Soyuz TMA-09M departing from the ISS, 10 November 2013
(l-r) Yurchikhin, Nyberg and ParmitanoSoyuz programme← Soyuz TMA-08MSoyuz TMA-10M →
The Soyuz TMA-09M crew members conduct their ceremonial tour of Red Square on 8 May 2013.
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Luca Parmitano
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Luca Salvo Parmitano is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency. He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a colonel and test pilot
Soyuz TMA-09M
…the same three cosmonauts who were aboard for launch. The crew of Soyuz TMA-09M consisted of Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos, Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency. The European segment of the mission was called "Volare". Soyuz TMA-09M was launched from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome…
Parmitano in 2026
Parmitano performing his first EVA
Parmitano (left), pictured with Expedition 36 crew member Chris Cassidy
Luca Parmitano, attached to the Canadarm2 robotic arm, carries the new thermal pump system for AMS.