Expedition 9 [SEP] start time
Expedition 9
Expedition 9 (2004) was the ninth expedition to the International Space Station (21 April 2004 - 23 October 2004).
Mission parameters.
- Perigee: 384 km
- Apogee: 396 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92 min
Mission objectives.
Padalka and Fincke arrived at the Station on 21 April 2004 aboard the Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft with European Space Agency (ESA) Astronaut André Kuipers. After more than a week of joint operations and handover activities
from Russia to Canada via the North Pole
- Book review: Polar Expeditions by J. D. Carpenter
- Newspaper De Apeldoornse Courant (Netherlands) 9 May 1988, 'Apeldoorner op "de top van de wereld" (Apeldoorner on "the top of the world")
- Newspaper Surrey Advertiser (UK) 16 Sep 1988 'Conference at the Pole'
- Newspaper 'Die Vaderland' (South Africa) 22 Sep 1988 'Ski-ekspedisie op skyfies' (Ski expedition on dia-slides)