Expedition 8

Expedition 8
Foale and Kaleri conduct a teleconference with Moscow as part of the Russian New Year celebration.
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Mission duration192 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 stationInternational Space Station
Began20 October 2003, 07:15:58 (2003-10-20UTC07:15:58Z) UTC[1]
Ended29 April 2004, 20:52:09 (2004-04-29UTC20:52:10Z) UTC[2]
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-3
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-3
Crew
Crew size2
MembersMichael Foale
Aleksandr Kaleri
EVAs1
EVA duration3 hours 55 minutes

Expedition 8 mission patch

L-R: Alexandr Kaleri and Michael Foale

Expedition 8 was the eighth expedition to the International Space Station.[3]

  1. ^ Petty, John Ira (20 October 2003). "International Space Station Status Report #03-53". NASA News. NASA. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ Zak, Anatoly. "Soyuz TMA-3". RussianSpaceWeb.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Expedition 8 Press Kit" (PDF). NASA. 26 September 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2011.