Expedition 8 was the eighth expedition to the International Space Station.
Crew
thumb|Expedition 8 promotional poster
Planned crew before Columbia disaster
Mission parameters
- Perigee: 384 km
- Apogee: 396 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 92 min
- Docked: 20 October 2003 – 07:15:58 UTC
Foale and Kaleri departed the station for earth aboard the Soyuz TMA-3 spacecraft on 29 April 2004 along with ESA Astronaut André Kuipers, who had arrived with the Expedition 9 crew aboard Soyuz TMA-4 nine days earlier.
Spacewalks
The Expedition 8 crew conducted the first two-person spacewalk at the International Space Station. Unlike previous spacewalks conducted by ISS crews, there was not a crewmember inside the Station as the spacewalkers worked outside. The spacewalk was based out of the Pirs docking compartment; the spacewalkers wore Russian Orlan space suits. operations and maintenance, bringing the cumulative total to 322 hours and 32 minutes. It was the 27th based out of the Station, bringing the total to 155 hours and 17 minutes.
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|rowspan=2 style="border-bottom:2px solid grey;"|Expedition 8<br/><small>EVA 1</small>