Expedition 33
Expedition 33 was the 33rd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). It began on 16 September 2012 with the departure from the ISS of the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, which returned the Expedition 32 crew to Earth.[1]
| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space Station | International Space Station |
| Began | 16 September 2012, 23:09 UTC[1] |
| Ended | 18 November 2012[1] |
| Arrived aboard | Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-06M |
| Departed aboard | Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-06M |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 6 |
| Members | Expedition 32/33: Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko Hoshide Expedition 33/34: Kevin A. Ford Oleg Novitskiy Evgeny Tarelkin |
  (l-r) Williams, Malenchenko, Hoshide, Tarelkin, Novitskiy and Ford | |
Crew
| Position | First Part (September-October 2012) |
Second Part (October-November 2012) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sunita Williams, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Yuri Malenchenko, RSA Fifth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Kevin A. Ford, NASA Second and last spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Oleg Novitskiy, RSA First spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 | Evgeny Tarelkin, RSA Only spaceflight | |
CubeSats launched by Expedition 33 crew on 4 October 2012.
Notable experiments
The crew successfully experimented with the Delay-tolerant networking protocol and managed to control a Lego robot on earth from space.[5]
References
- "Expedition 33". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- NASA HQ (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
- "Astronaut Bio: Sunita Williams". NASA. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- "Selection of Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide as a Member of the ISS Expedition Crew". JAXA. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-391_DTN.html
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