Soyuz TMA-08M
Soyuz TMA-08M departs from the ISS, September 10, 2013
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| Mission type | ISS crew rotation |
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| Operator | Roskosmos |
| COSPAR ID | 2013-013A |
| SATCAT no. | 39125 |
| Mission duration | 166 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Soyuz 11F732A47 No.708 |
| Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 |
| Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
| Members |
Pavel Vinogradov Alexander Misurkin Christopher Cassidy |
| Callsign | Карат ("Carat") |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 28 March 2013, 20:43:20 UTC |
| Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
| Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 11 September 2013, 02:58 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Docking with ISS | |
| Docking port | Poisk zenith |
| Docking date | 29 March 2013, 02:28 UTC |
| Undocking date | 10 September 2013, 23:37 UTC |
| Time docked | 165 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes |
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 (l-r) Cassidy, Vinogradov, and Misurkin |
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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 (RKA) 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.
The rollout of the Soyuz FG Rocket occurred on 26 March 2013. After being erected into position at the launch pad, the launch vehicle was prepared for the countdown and its launch on 28 March. Final cargo items including some time-critical experiment payloads for the Russian segment of the space station were loaded into the Soyuz at the launch pad.
The Soyuz FG Rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-08M atop was launched from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 20:43 GMT. All stages of the Soyuz performed normally, and less than nine minutes later it delivered the Soyuz TMA-08M crew of Pavel Vinogradov, Aleksandr Misurkin, and Christopher Cassidy into orbit. For the ride into space, Soyuz Commander Vinogradov was strapped into the center seat while board engineer Misurkin and flight Engineer Chris Cassidy took the left and the right seats, respectively.
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