Spaceflight mission report: Soyuz TMA-8

Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 244 Soyuz TMA-8 Carat Russia
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Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	30.03.2006
Launch time:	02:30 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	1
Altitude:	260 - 312 km
Inclination:	51,66 °
Docking ISS:	01.04.2006, 04:19:26 UTC
Undocking ISS:	28.09.2006, 21:53:09 UTC
Landing date:	29.09.2006
Landing time:	01:13 UTC
Landing site:	51° 02' 42" N, 67° 17' 58" E

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Vinogradov	Pavel Vladimirovich	Commander	2	182d 22h 43m	2886
2	Williams	Jeffrey Nels	Flight Engineer	2	182d 22h 43m	2886
3	Pontes	Marcos Cesar	Spaceflight Participant	1	9d 21h 17m	155

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Vinogradov
2	Williams
3	Pontes

Landing
1	Vinogradov
2	Williams
3	Ansari

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Yurchikhin	Fyodor Nikolayevich	Commander
2	Fincke	Edward Michael "Mike"	Flight Engineer
3	Volkov	Sergei Aleksandrovich	Flight Engineer

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Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing 92 km north of Arkalyk.

Pontes became the first astronaut from Brazil. This mission carried out the ISS Expedition 13. Following a two day solo flight the Soyuz docked to ISS on 01.04.2006. Vinogradov and Williams the replaced expedition 12 crew.