Soyuz TMA-08M

Soyuz TMA-08M
Soyuz TMA-08M departs from the ISS, 10 September 2013
Mission typeISS crew rotation
OperatorRoscosmos
COSPAR ID2013-013A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.39125
Mission duration166 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSoyuz 11F732A47 No.708[1]
Spacecraft typeSoyuz-TMA 11F747
ManufacturerRKK Energia
Crew
Crew size3
MembersPavel Vinogradov
Alexander Misurkin
Christopher Cassidy
CallsignКарат ("Carat")[2]
Start of mission
Launch date28 March 2013, 20:43:20 (2013-03-28UTC20:43:20Z) UTC[3]
RocketSoyuz-FG
Launch siteBaikonur 1/5
End of mission
Landing date11 September 2013, 02:58 (2013-09-11UTC02:59Z) UTC[4]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeLow Earth
Docking with ISS
Docking portPoisk zenith
Docking date29 March 2013, 02:28 UTC
Undocking date10 September 2013, 23:37 UTC[4]
Time docked165 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes

(l-r) Cassidy, Vinogradov, and Misurkin

Soyuz TMA-08M (Russian: Союз ТМА-08M meaning Union TMA-08M), identified as Soyuz 34 or 34S by NASA, was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station. It transported three members of the Expedition 35 crew to the International Space Station. TMA-08M was the 117th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft, the first flight launching in 1967.

The Russian Soyuz TMA-08M utilized the new 6-hour fast rendezvous flight profile developed by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and previously tested on Progress M-16M and M-17M, instead of the usual two-day rendezvous, making it possible for crew members to leave ground facilities and board the International Space Station in less time than a typical transatlantic flight.[5][6]

  1. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  2. ^ astronaut.ru (2013). "Позывные экипажей советских/российских космических кораблей".
  3. ^ Harding, Pete (28 March 2013). "Soyuz TMA-08M docks with ISS just six hours after launch". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b Bergin, Chris; Harding, Pete (10 September 2013). "Soyuz TMA-08M returns Expedition 36 back to Earth". NASASpaceflight.com. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  5. ^ Harding, Pete (21 December 2012). "The Soyuz TMA-07M Santa Sleigh docks with ISS". NASASpaceflight. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  6. ^ Clark, Stephen (5 March 2013). "Soyuz crew approved for fast approach to space station". SPACEFLIGHT NOW. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

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