| Mission type | ISS Expedition | ||||
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| Expedition | |||||
| Space Station | International Space Station | ||||
| Began | 1 July 2012, 04:48 UTC | ||||
| Ended | 16 September 2012, 23:09 UTC | ||||
| Arrived aboard |
Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M |
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| Departed aboard |
Soyuz TMA-04M Soyuz TMA-05M |
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| Crew | |||||
| Crew size | 6 | ||||
| Members |
Expedition 31/32: Gennady Padalka Joseph M. Acaba Sergei Revin Expedition 32/33: Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko Hoshide |
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(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, 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.