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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

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Backup crew

Sources:[5][6]

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

References

  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.
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