Expedition 8
Foale and Kaleri conduct a teleconference with Moscow as part of the Russian New Year celebration. | |
| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Mission duration | 192 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 station | International Space Station |
| Began | 20 October 2003, 07:15:58 UTC |
| Ended | 29 April 2004, 20:52:09 UTC |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-3 |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-3 |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 2 |
| Members | Michael Foale Aleksandr Kaleri |
| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 3 hours 55 minutes |
Expedition 8 mission patch L-R: Alexandr Kaleri and Michael Foale | |
Expedition 8 was the eighth expedition to the International Space Station.