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Expedition 8 (ISS-8)
Fifth Russian Visiting Crew
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Launch:
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On October 18, 2003 at 09:38:03 Moscow Summer Time (05:38:03 UTC) the Russian manned transport
spacecraft Soyuz TMA-3 was launched by the Soyuz-FG Launch Vehicle. |
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Launch Site:
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Baikonur launch site, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Docking:
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On October 20, 2003 at 11:15:58 Moscow Summer Time (07:15:58 UTC) the docking was made to the
port of the docking compartment - module Pirs as part of the ISS Orbital Complex. |
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Undocking:
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On October 28, 2003 at 02:17 Moscow Time (October 27, 2003 at 23:17 UTC) the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft
was undocked from the Functional Cargo Module Zarya. |
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Landing:
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On October 28, 2003 at 05:40:01 Moscow Time (02:40:01 UTC). |
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Landing Site:
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In the area located nearby the town of Arkhalyk, the Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Flight duration:
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9 days 21 hours 1 min. 58 sec. |
MAJOR INCREMENT TASKS
- insertion into orbit of Pedro Duque, Spanish astronaut from ESA on the manned spacecraft Soyuz TMA-3;
- the scheduled replacement of the Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft, which had been operating as a rescue vehicle included
as part of the ISS since April 28, 2003;
- implementation onboard the ISS of the experiments program under the SSM
Cervantes Project;
- accomplishing the tasks of the ISS crew flight engineering support;
- return to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-2 transport spacecraft Descent Module carrying Pedro Duque, Spanish astronaut
from ESA together with the ISS-7 crew.
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