Soyuz TMA-09M
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Soyuz TMA-09M is a planned 2013 flight to the International Space Station
. It will transport three members of the Expedition 36
crew to the International Space Station. TMA-09M will be the 118th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft
, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 37 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
The three person crew of Soyuz TMA-09M, Maksim Surayev, Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano represent the partner organizations of Roscosmos, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the ISS program.
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
. It will transport three members of the Expedition 36
Expedition 36
Expedition 36 is scheduled to be the thirty-sixth expedition to the International Space Station.-Crew:Sources:NASA-External links:*...
crew to the International Space Station. TMA-09M will be the 118th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft
Soyuz spacecraft
Soyuz , Union) is a series of spacecraft initially designed for the Soviet space programme by the Korolyov Design Bureau in the 1960s, and still in service today...
, the first flight launching in 1967. The Soyuz will most likely remain on board the space station for the Expedition 37 increment to serve as an emergency escape vehicle.
The three person crew of Soyuz TMA-09M, Maksim Surayev, Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano represent the partner organizations of Roscosmos, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the ISS program.