Expedition 32

ISS Expedition 32
Mission type ISS 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


(l-r) Hoshide, Malenchenko, Williams, Acaba, Padalka and Revin

ISS expeditions
← Expedition 31 Expedition 33 →

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
Source
NASA[3][4][5][6]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 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 2012-05-25.
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