Expedition 32

Expedition 32

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Mission type	Long-duration expedition
Expedition
Space station	International Space Station
Began	1 July 2012, 04:48 (2012-07-01UTC04:48Z) UTC[1]
Ended	16 September 2012, 23:09 (2012-09-16UTC23:10Z) 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
Expedition 32 mission patch (l-r) Hoshide, Malenchenko, Williams, Acaba, Padalka and Revin ISS expeditions

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 Only 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

Source

NASA^[3][4][5][6]

References

1. Harding, Pete (1 July 2012). "Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to Earth". NASASpaceFlight (not associated with NASA). Retrieved 3 July 2012.
2. "Soyuz TMA-04M Spacecraft Undocks from Space Station". RIA Novosti. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
3. NASA HQ (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
4. Astronaut Bio: Sunita Williams
5. Selection of Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide as a Member of the ISS Expedition Crew
6. "Expedition 32 crew page". NASA. Retrieved 25 May 2012.

External links

• NASA's Space Station Expeditions page
• Expedition 32 Photography