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 station during Expeditions 36 and 37 to serve as an emergency escape vehicle. The spacecraft landed on 11 November 2013, carrying the same three cosmonauts who were aboard for launch.
The crew of Soyuz TMA-09M consisted of Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roskosmos, Karen Nyberg of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency.
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.
Expedition 36 was the 36th long-duration mission to the International Space Station.
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(l-r) Misurkin, Vinogradov, Cassidy, Parmitano, Yurchikhin and NybergISS expeditions← Expedition 35Expedition 37 →