Editing Expedition 8 (section)

{{Short description|Long-duration mission to the International Space Station}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = Expedition 8
| image                 = File:Expedition Eight Foale Kaleri.jpg
| image_caption         = Foale and Kaleri conduct a teleconference with Moscow as part of the Russian New Year celebration.
| insignia              = Expedition 8 insignia.svg
| insignia_caption      = Expedition 8 mission patch

| mission_type          = [[List of International Space Station expeditions|Long-duration expedition]]
| mission_duration      = 192&nbsp;days, 13&nbsp;hours, 36&nbsp;minutes and 11&nbsp;seconds (at ISS)<br/><small>194&nbsp;days, 18&nbsp;hours, 33&nbsp;minutes, 12&nbsp;seconds (launch to landing)</small>
| orbits_completed      = ~3,036
| distance_travelled    = ~{{convert|129123519|km|mi}}

| crew_size             = 2
| crew_members          = [[Michael Foale]]<br/>[[Aleksandr Kaleri]]
| crew_EVAs             = 1
| crew_EVA_duration     = 3&nbsp;hours 55&nbsp;minutes
| crew_photo            = ISS Expedition 8 crew.jpg
| crew_photo_caption    = L-R: [[Alexandr Kaleri]] and [[Michael Foale]]

| space_station         = [[International Space Station]]
| start_date            = {{start-date|20 October 2003, 07:15:58|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC<ref name="missionrep53">{{cite web |last1=Petty |first1=John Ira |title=International Space Station Status Report #03-53 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/station/2003/iss03-53.html |website=NASA News |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423135326/https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/station/2003/iss03-53.html |archive-date=23 April 2021 |date=20 October 2003 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| end_date              = {{end-date|29 April 2004, 20:52:09|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC<ref name="rsw-tma3">{{cite web |last1=Zak |first1=Anatoly |title=Soyuz TMA-3 |url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_soyuztma3.html |website=RussianSpaceWeb.com |access-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423140414/http://www.russianspaceweb.com/iss_soyuztma3.html |archive-date=23 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| arrival_craft         = [[Soyuz TMA-3]] 
| departure_craft       = [[Soyuz TMA-3]]

| previous_mission      = [[Expedition 7]]
| next_mission          = [[Expedition 9]]
| programme             = [[International Space Station|ISS]] [[list of International Space Station expeditions|expeditions]]
}}
'''Expedition 8''' was the eighth expedition to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="presskit">{{cite web |title=Expedition 8 Press Kit |url=http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/EXPEDITION8/expedition8_presskit.pdf |publisher=NASA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316113346/http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/EXPEDITION8/expedition8_presskit.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2011 |date=26 September 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>