Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
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Expedition | |
Space station | International Space Station |
Began | 1 July 2012, 04:48[1] | UTC
Ended | 16 September 2012, 23:09[2] | UTC
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 |
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.