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Expedition 34

Long-duration mission to the International Space Station


Long-duration mission to the International Space Station

FieldValue
nameExpedition 34
imageExpedition 34 crew poster.jpg
image_captionPromotional Poster
insigniaISS Expedition 34 Patch.svg
insignia_captionExpedition 34 mission patch
mission_typeLong-duration expedition
crew_size6
crew_members**Expedition 33/34**:
Kevin A. Ford
Oleg Novitskiy
Evgeny Tarelkin
**Expedition 34/35**:
Thomas H. Marshburn
Chris A. Hadfield
Roman Romanenko
crew_photoExpedition 34 crew portrait.jpg
crew_photo_caption(l-r) Novitskiy, Ford, Tarelkin, Romanenko, Hadfield and Marshburn
space_stationInternational Space Station
start_date
end_date
arrival_craftSoyuz TMA-06M
Soyuz TMA-07M
departure_craftSoyuz TMA-06M
Soyuz TMA-07M
previous_missionExpedition 33
next_missionExpedition 35
programmeISS expeditions

Kevin A. Ford Oleg Novitskiy Evgeny Tarelkin

Expedition 34/35: Thomas H. Marshburn Chris A. Hadfield Roman Romanenko

Soyuz TMA-07M Soyuz TMA-07M

Expedition 34 was the 34th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). It began on 18 November 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 33 crew to Earth.

Crew

PositionFirst Part
(November 2012)Second Part
(December 2012 to March 2013)CommanderFlight Engineer 1Flight Engineer 2Flight Engineer 3Flight Engineer 4Flight Engineer 5
USA Kevin A. Ford, NASA
Second and last spaceflight
RUS Oleg Novitskiy, RSA
First spaceflight
RUS Evgeny Tarelkin, RSA
Only spaceflight
USA Thomas Marshburn, NASA
Second spaceflight
CAN Chris Hadfield, CSA
Third and last spaceflight
RUS Roman Romanenko, RSA
Second and last spaceflight

;Source: NASA

Mission objectives

Some of the science objectives included investigations of the human cardiovascular system in space, studies on fish and their sensation of gravity, and the impacts of solar radiation on Earth's climate. During the expedition, the robotic platform Robonaut, a humanoid robot test platform, continued testing.

References

References

  1. NASA HQ. (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA.
  2. NASA. "NASA and Its Partners Announce a New Space Station Crew".
  3. Alan Taylor. (2013). "The International Space Station: Expedition 34". The Atlantic.
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