Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Soyuz MS-08
Soyuz MS-08 is a Soyuz spaceflight that transported three members of the Expedition 55 crew to the International Space Station.
The Soyuz is a Soviet crewed spacecraft, developed to perform lunar missions with crew. This version called 7K will fly 4 times on the giant launcher N1, and several tens of times on Proton to fly over the Moon, which will be successful during the mission Zond 4. Soyuz will become the first spacecraft to transport living beings on the Moon during the flight of Zond 5, with two turtles. Thereafter, it is adapted to the low orbit and will fly on the Soyuz launcher to supply the Soviet Salyut and Mir stations, and the ISS.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 7,250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 1/5, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2018
26th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz FG
63rd mission
1st mission of 2018
63rd successful mission