Soyuz TMA-08M
Soyuz TMA-08M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on March 28, 2013 UTC and docked with the International Space Station's Poisk module on March 29 after a fast rendezvous profile. The spacecraft carried Roscosmos commander Pavel Vinogradov, Roscosmos flight engineer Aleksandr Misurkin, and NASA flight engineer Christopher Cassidy to the station for Expeditions 35 and 36. The crew supported station research, Russian-segment maintenance, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and expedition handover operations before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on September 11, 2013, landing near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
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- CaratISS Soyuz 34S
- Name
- Soyuz TMA-08M
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Soyuz TMA-08M launched from Baikonur Site 1/5 on March 28, 2013 UTC and docked with the International Space Station's Poisk module on March 29 after a fast rendezvous profile. The spacecraft carried Roscosmos commander Pavel Vinogradov, Roscosmos flight engineer Aleksandr Misurkin, and NASA flight engineer Christopher Cassidy to the station for Expeditions 35 and 36. The crew supported station research, Russian-segment maintenance, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and expedition handover operations before returning to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-08M on September 11, 2013, landing near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.
- End Date
- 2013-09-11
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successful ISS crew transport and return. TMA-08M conducted the first crewed four-orbit rendezvous, delivered Vinogradov, Misurkin, and Cassidy for Expeditions 35-36, and returned them safely southeast of Zhezkazgan after 166 days.
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- Start Date
- 2013-03-28
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- July 8, 2026 at 15:24:25 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:53:47 UTC
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