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)
 

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

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

[1]

Backup crew

Sources:[5][6]

Position Crew member
Commander Russia Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA
Flight Engineer 1 United States 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". 5 March 2018.
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