astro_feustel Expedition 56 posing for official crew photo! @olegmks @astro_ricky
СоюзМС08: Oleg Artemyev – Return to spaceThe crew of the Soyuz MC-08 ship is training at GCTC for March flight to the ISS. The commander of the ship is cosmonaut of Roscosmos Oleg Artemyev...
...on January 24, 2018, the commanders of the main and backup crews of the Soyuz MC-08, Oleg Artemyev and Alexei Ovchinin, successfully passed the examination trainings at Soyuz MC simulator...
The Soyuz MS-08 crew patch design is shaped like the spacecraft's descent module as it looks during the landing phase of the ship's mission. Within, the crew is depicted in silhouettes as they approach their launch vehicle. A moon is shown behind the launch complex, representing the dream of manned missions into deeper space. Six stars in the background are for the six-member ISS crew. The 'Science' statue located in Baikonur and the tulip from the old coat of arms of Leninsk town symbolize the significance of the Russian launch base. The international space station is shown in bright yellow as the spacecraft's orbital destination. The crew names are shown in a semicircle at the top of the design, while the colours of the Russian and US flags are shown at the bottom, flanking the Roscosmos logo, underneath the spacecraft's name and crew expedition numbers. Designed by Luc van den Abeelen.Copyright Roscosmos/spacepatches.nl
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.htmlQuote12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 21 - Coverage of the Launch of the ISS Expedition 55-56 Crew (Artemyev, Feustel, Arnold) to the ISS on Soyuz MS-08 (Pre-launch video b-roll scheduled at 1:05 p.m. EDT; launch scheduled at 1:44 p.m. EDT) (Starts at 12:45 p.m.) Quote3 p.m., Friday, March 23 - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Expedition 55-56 Crew (Artemyev, Feustel, Arnold) to the ISS on Soyuz MS-08 (Docking scheduled at 3:43 p.m. EDT)
12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 21 - Coverage of the Launch of the ISS Expedition 55-56 Crew (Artemyev, Feustel, Arnold) to the ISS on Soyuz MS-08 (Pre-launch video b-roll scheduled at 1:05 p.m. EDT; launch scheduled at 1:44 p.m. EDT) (Starts at 12:45 p.m.)
3 p.m., Friday, March 23 - Coverage of the Docking of the ISS Expedition 55-56 Crew (Artemyev, Feustel, Arnold) to the ISS on Soyuz MS-08 (Docking scheduled at 3:43 p.m. EDT)