Soyuz MS-08

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Soyuz MS-08
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Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft
Operator Roscosmos
COSPAR ID 2018-026A OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
SATCAT no. 43238
Mission duration196d 18h 1m
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft type Soyuz-MS 11F747
Manufacturer Energia
Launch mass7,220
Crew
Crew size3
Members Oleg Artemyev
Andrew J. Feustel
Richard R. Arnold [1]
CallsignHawaii
Start of mission
Launch date21 March 2018, 17:44 UTC [2]
Rocket Soyuz-FG
Launch site Baikonur Pad 1/5
End of mission
Landing date4 October 2018, 11:45 UTC
Landing siteKazakhstan
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Low Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking port Poisk zenith
Docking date23 March 2018, 20:40 UTC [3]
Undocking date4 October 2018, 07:57 UTC
Time docked194d 11h 17m
Soyuz MS-08 crew members in front of their spacecraft.jpg
(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.

Contents

MS-08 returned its crew to Earth on 4 October 2018. [4]

Crew

Position Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Expedition 55
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew J. Feustel, NASA
Expedition 55
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Flag of the United States.svg Richard R. Arnold, NASA
Expedition 55
Second and last spaceflight

[1]

Backup crew

Sources: [5] [6]

Position Crew member
Commander Flag of Russia.svg Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Flight Engineer 1 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Hague, NASA

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