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
Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft
OperatorRoskosmos
COSPAR ID2018-026A
SATCAT no.43238
Mission duration196d 18h 1m
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-MS 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Launch mass7,220
Crew
Crew size3
MembersOleg Artemyev
Andrew J. Feustel
Richard R. Arnold[1]
CallsignHawaii
Start of mission
Launch date21 March 2018, 17:44 UTC[2]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur Pad 1/5
End of mission
Landing date4 October 2018, 11:45 UTC
Landing siteKazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date23 March 2018, 20:40 UTC[3]
Undocking date4 October 2018, 07:57 UTC
Time docked194d 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
Commander Oleg Artemyev, RSA
Expedition 55
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Andrew J. Feustel, NASA
Expedition 55
Third spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Richard R. Arnold[1], NASA
Expedition 55
Second spaceflight

Backup crew

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Position Crew member
Commander Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 Nick Hague, NASA
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