Soyuz MS-08
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.
Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2018-026A |
SATCAT no. | 43238 |
Mission duration | 196d 18h 1m |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK 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) |
MS-08 returned its crew to Earth on 4 October 2018.[4]
Crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Expedition 55 Second spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Expedition 55 Third spaceflight | |
Flight Engineer 2 | Expedition 55 Second spaceflight |
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References
- "NASA Announces Upcoming International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/03/roscosmos-soyuz-ms-08-mission-first-crew-launch-2018/
- 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
- https://ria.ru/science/20180305/1515791721.html
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