Expedition 8
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Expedition 8 was the eighth expedition to the International Space Station.[3]
Quick Facts Mission type, Mission duration ...
Mission type | ISS Expedition |
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Mission duration | 192 days, 13 hours, 36 minutes and 11 seconds (at ISS) 194 days, 18 hours, 33 minutes, 12 seconds (launch to landing) |
Distance travelled | ~129,123,519 kilometres (80,233,635 mi) |
Orbits completed | ~3,036 |
Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 20 October 2003, 07:15:58 (2003-10-20UTC07:15:58Z) UTC[1] |
Ended | 29 April 2004, 20:52:09 (2004-04-29UTC20:52:10Z) UTC[2] |
Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-3 |
Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-3 |
Crew | |
Crew size | 2 |
Members | Michael Foale Aleksandr Kaleri |
EVAs | 1 |
EVA duration | 3 hours 55 minutes |
Expedition 8 mission patch L-R: Alexandr Kaleri and Michael Foale |
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