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Image above: Astronaut Michael Foale (right), Expedition 8 mission commander, and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, flight engineer, pose for their crew portrait while in training at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. Photo credit: NASA› View hi-res
Crew Profiles
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Commander Michael Foale
Michael Foale served as commander for Expedition 8 and conducted one Russian spacewalk. He launched to space on five space shuttle missions and lived and worked aboard the Russian Space Station Mir.
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Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri
Alexander Kaleri served as a flight engineer during Expedition 8. He also served as flight engineer during the Expedition 25/26 increment. Kaleri also conducted three tours of duty aboard the Russian Space Station Mir.
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Overview
Soyuz TMA-3
Launch:
Oct. 18, 2003, 1:38 a.m. EDT
Docking:
Oct. 20, 2003, 3:16 a.m.
Spacewalk:
Feb. 26, 2004
Undocking:
April 29, 2004, 4:52 p.m.
Landing:
April 29, 2004, 8:12 p.m.
Duration:
On ISS: 193 days
On orbit: 195 days
› Expedition 8 Press Kit (5.9 Mb PDF)
Expedition 8 Multimedia
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Expedition 8 Gallery →
Visit the Expedition 8 photo gallery.