Soyuz MS-08

Summary

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 Edit this at Wikidata
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 edit

Position Crew member
Commander   Oleg Artemyev, RSA
Expedition 55
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1   Andrew J. Feustel, NASA
Expedition 55
Third and last spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2   Richard R. Arnold, NASA
Expedition 55
Second and last spaceflight

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Backup crew edit

Sources:[5][6]

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

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 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". 5 March 2018.