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 | Roscosmos |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Contractor | RKT Progress |
| 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 | |
MS-08 returned its crew to Earth on 4 October 2018.[4]
Crew
edit| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Oleg Artemyev, RoscosmosExpedition 55 Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Andrew J. Feustel, NASAExpedition 55 Third and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Richard R. Arnold, NASA Expedition 55 Second and last spaceflight | |
Backup crew
edit| Position | Crew member | |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
| |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Nick Hague, NASA
| |
References
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- ^ 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.
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