Soyuz MS-08
![]() Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft | |
Operator | Roscosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2018-026A |
SATCAT no. | 43238 |
Mission duration | 196d 18h 1m |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 |
Manufacturer | Energia |
Launch mass | 7,220 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Oleg Artemyev Andrew J. Feustel Richard R. Arnold[1] |
Callsign | Hawaii |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 21 March 2018, 17:44 UTC[2] |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur Pad 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 4 October 2018, 11:45 UTC |
Landing site | Kazakhstan |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Docking with ISS | |
Docking port | Poisk zenith |
Docking date | 23 March 2018, 20:40 UTC[3] |
Undocking date | 4 October 2018, 07:57 UTC |
Time docked | 194d 11h 17m |
![]() (l-r) Arnold, Artemyev and Feustel Soyuz programme (Crewed missions) |
Soyuz MS-08 was a Soyuz spaceflight that launched on 21 March 2018.[3] It transported three members of the Expedition 55 crew to the International Space Station.[3] MS-08 was the 137th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft. The crew consisted of a Russian commander, and two American flight engineers.
MS-08 returned its crew to Earth on 4 October 2018.[4]
Crew
[edit]Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | ![]() Expedition 55 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() Expedition 55 Third and last spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | ![]() Expedition 55 Second and last spaceflight |
Backup crew
[edit]Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | ![]() | |
Flight Engineer 1 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "NASA Announces Upcoming International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018, docks with ISS". 21 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018, docks with ISS
- ^ "Soyuz MS-08 returns station crew to Earth after 197 days in space". collectspace.
- ^ "Next Soyuz squads". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
- ^ "Экипаж "Союза МС-08" начал тренировки на Байконуре". 5 March 2018.