Soyuz MS-08 was a
Soyuz Soyuz is a transliteration of the Cyrillic text Союз ( Russian and Ukrainian, 'Union'). It can refer to any union, such as a trade union (''profsoyuz'') or the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Сою́з Сове́тских Социалис ...
spaceflight that launched on 21 March 2018.
[ It transported three members of the ]Expedition 55
Expedition 55 was the 55th expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-06 on February 27, 2018. Anton Shkaplerov, Scott D. Tingle and Norishige Kanai were transferred from Expedition 54, with Anton Sh ...
crew to the International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ...
.[ 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.
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Crewed Soyuz missions
Spacecraft launched in 2018
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Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-FG rockets
Spacecraft which reentered in 2018
Fully civilian crewed orbital spaceflights
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