Expedition 8

Expedition 8 was the eighth expedition to the International Space Station.

ISS Expedition 8
Foale and Kaleri conduct a teleconference with Moscow as part of the Russian New Year celebration.
Mission typeISS 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
Ended29 April 2004, 20:52:09 (2004-04-29UTC20:52:10Z) UTC
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
ISS expeditions
 
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