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Soyuz TMA-08M
2013 Russian crewed spaceflight to the ISS / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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![]() Soyuz TMA-08M departs from the ISS, 10 September 2013 | |
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[1] |
Spacecraft type | Soyuz-TMA 11F747 |
Manufacturer | RKK Energia |
Crew | |
Crew size | 3 |
Members | Pavel Vinogradov Alexander Misurkin Christopher Cassidy |
Callsign | Карат ("Carat")[2] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 March 2013, 20:43:20 (2013-03-28UTC20:43:20Z) UTC[3] |
Rocket | Soyuz-FG |
Launch site | Baikonur 1/5 |
End of mission | |
Landing date | 11 September 2013, 02:58 (2013-09-11UTC02:59Z) UTC[4] |
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[4] |
Time docked | 165 days, 21 hours, 9 minutes |
![]() (l-r) Cassidy, Vinogradov, and Misurkin |
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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.[5][6]