Expedition 32

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Expedition 32
Promotional Poster
Mission typeLong-duration expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began1 July 2012, 04:48 (2012-07-01UTC04:48Z) UTC[1]
Ended16 September 2012, 23:09 (2012-09-16UTC23:10Z) UTC[2]
Arrived aboardSoyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz TMA-05M
Departed aboardSoyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz TMA-05M
Crew
Crew size6
MembersExpedition 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

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

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Position First part
(July 2012) 		Second part
(July 2012 to September 2012)
Commander Russia Gennady Padalka, RSA
Fourth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 1 United States Joseph M. Acaba, NASA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 2 Russia Sergei Revin, RSA
Only spaceflight
Flight Engineer 3 United States Sunita Williams, NASA
Second spaceflight
Flight Engineer 4 Russia Yuri Malenchenko, RSA
Fifth spaceflight
Flight Engineer 5 Japan Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA
Second spaceflight
Source
NASA[3][4][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "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.
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