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
Contractor RKTs Progress
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
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Mission insignia
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(l-r) Arnold, Artemyev and Feustel

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

Prime crew
Position [1] Crew
Commander Oleg Artemyev, Roscosmos
Expedition 55
Second spaceflight
Flight engineer Andrew J. Feustel, NASA
Expedition 55
Third and last spaceflight
Flight engineer Richard R. Arnold, NASA
Expedition 55
Second and last spaceflight
Backup crew
Position [5] [6] Crew
Commander Aleksey Ovchinin, Roscosmos
Flight engineer Nick Hague, NASA

References

  1. 1 2 "NASA Announces Upcoming International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018, docks with ISS". 21 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018, docks with ISS
  4. "Soyuz MS-08 returns station crew to Earth after 197 days in space". collectspace.
  5. "Next Soyuz squads". Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  6. "Экипаж "Союза МС-08" начал тренировки на Байконуре". РИА Новости. 5 March 2018.