Expedition 32
| Mission type | ISS Expedition | ||||
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| Expedition | |||||
| Space Station | International Space Station | ||||
| Began | 1 July 2012, 04:48 UTC[1] | ||||
| Ended | 16 September 2012, 23:09 UTC[2] | ||||
| Arrived aboard |
Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M | ||||
| Departed aboard |
Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M | ||||
| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members |
Expedition 31/32: Gennady Padalka Joseph M. Acaba Sergei Revin Expedition 32/33: Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko Hoshide | ||||
  (l-r) Hoshide, Malenchenko, Williams, Acaba, Padalka and Revin
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Expedition 32 was the 32nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). It began on 1 July 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 31 crew to Earth,[1] and concluded on 16 September 2012 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-04M.[2] The Soyuz craft returned to Earth on 17 September 2012 at 6:53am Moscow Standard Time when touchdown was officially recorded by the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Crew
| Position | First part (July 2012) |
Second part (July 2012 to September 2012) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Gennady Padalka, RSA Fourth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Joseph M. Acaba, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Sergei Revin, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Sunita Williams, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Yuri Malenchenko, RSA Fifth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA Second spaceflight | |
References
- 1 2 Harding, Pete (1 July 2012). "Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to Earth". NASASpaceFlight (not associated with NASA). Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- 1 2 "Soyuz TMA-04M Spacecraft Undocks from Space Station". RIA Novosti. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ↑ NASA HQ (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- ↑ Astronaut Bio: Sunita Williams
- ↑ Selection of Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide as a Member of the ISS Expedition Crew
- ↑ "Expedition 32 crew page". NASA. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
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