Expedition 32 Continues Station Science

The six-member Expedition 32 crew. Image Credit: NASA

Expedition 32 began Sunday, July 1, when the Expedition 31 crew undocked from the International Space Station. Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineers Sergei Revin and Joe Acaba continued their stay and have been living aboard the orbiting complex since May 17. They launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft two days earlier from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan and docked to the Poisk mini-research module.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft July 14. They docked to the station's Rassvet module on July 17.

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