Expedition 32

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, and concluded on 16 September 2012 with the departure of Soyuz TMA-04M. 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.

ISS Expedition 32
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Mission typeISS Expedition
Expedition
Space stationInternational Space Station
Began1 July 2012, 04:48 (2012-07-01UTC04:48Z) UTC
Ended16 September 2012, 23:09 (2012-09-16UTC23:10Z) UTC
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
ISS expeditions
 
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