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.
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| Mission type | ISS Expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 1 July 2012, 04:48 (2012-07-01UTC04:48Z) UTC[1] |
| Ended | 16 September 2012, 23:09 (2012-09-16UTC23:10Z) UTC[2] |
| 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 | |
| Position | First part (July 2012) |
Second part (July 2012 to September 2012) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Gennady Padalka, RSAFourth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Joseph M. Acaba, NASASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Sergei Revin, RSA Only spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 3 | Sunita Williams, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 4 | Yuri Malenchenko, RSA Fifth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 5 |  Akihiko Hoshide, JAXASecond spaceflight | |
