Engineering:Soyuz MS-08
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Short description: 2018 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS
Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft | |
Operator | Roskosmos |
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COSPAR ID | 2018-026A |
SATCAT no. | 43238 |
Mission duration | 196d 18h 1m |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-MS 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK 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 |
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 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 | |
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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 |
Backup crew
Position | Crew member | |
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Commander | Aleksey Ovchinin, RSA | |
Flight Engineer 1 | Nick Hague, NASA |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NASA Announces Upcoming International Space Station Crew Assignments". NASA. 28 March 2017. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-upcoming-international-space-station-crew-assignments.
- ↑ "Soyuz MS-08 mission, first crew launch of 2018, docks with ISS". 21 March 2018. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/03/roscosmos-soyuz-ms-08-mission-first-crew-launch-2018/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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". http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100418a-soyuz-ms08-landing.html.
- ↑ "Next Soyuz squads". https://aboutspacejornal.net/2018/01/19/nasa-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9-%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8F/.
- ↑ "Экипаж "Союза МС-08" начал тренировки на Байконуре". 5 March 2018. https://ria.ru/science/20180305/1515791721.html.