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Expedition 32

Long-duration mission to the International Space Station

Field	Value
name	Expedition 32
image	Expedition 32 crew poster.jpg
image_caption	Promotional Poster
insignia	ISS Expedition 32 Patch.svg
insignia_caption	Expedition 32 mission patch
mission_type	Long-duration expedition
crew_size	6
crew_members	Expedition 31/32:
Gennady Padalka
Joseph M. Acaba
Sergei Revin
Expedition 32/33:
Sunita Williams
Yuri Malenchenko
Akihiko Hoshide
crew_photo	Expedition 32 crew portrait.jpg
crew_photo_caption	(l-r) Hoshide, Malenchenko, Williams, Acaba, Padalka and Revin
space_station	International Space Station
start_date	UTC
end_date	UTC
arrival_craft	Soyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz TMA-05M
departure_craft	Soyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz TMA-05M
previous_mission	Expedition 31
next_mission	Expedition 33
programme	ISS expeditions

Gennady Padalka Joseph M. Acaba Sergei Revin

Expedition 32/33: Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko Hoshide

Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-05M

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.

Crew

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

;Source: NASA

References

(16 September 2012). "Soyuz TMA-04M Spacecraft Undocks from Space Station". RIA Novosti.
Harding, Pete. (1 July 2012). "Soyuz TMA-03M undocks from ISS and returns to Earth". NASASpaceFlight (not associated with NASA).
NASA HQ. (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA.
[http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/williams-s.html Astronaut Bio: Sunita Williams]
[http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/11/20091118_iss_e.html Selection of Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide as a Member of the ISS Expedition Crew]
"Expedition 32 crew page". NASA.

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