Astronomy:Expedition 33
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Short description: Long-duration mission to the International Space Station
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| 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 |
 Expedition 33 mission patch  (l-r) Williams, Malenchenko, Hoshide, Tarelkin, Novitskiy and Ford | |
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]
Crew
| Position | First Part (September-October 2012) |
Second Part (October-November 2012) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander |  Sunita Williams, NASASecond spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 |  Yuri Malenchenko, RSAFifth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 |  Akihiko Hoshide, JAXASecond 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 | |
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Expedition 33". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition33/index.html.
- ↑ NASA HQ (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/jul/HQ_10-161_New_ISS_Crews.html.
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Sunita Williams". NASA. http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/williams-s.html.
- ↑ "Selection of Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide as a Member of the ISS Expedition Crew". JAXA. http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2009/11/20091118_iss_e.html.
- ↑ "NASA, ESA Use Experimental Interplanetary Internet to Test Robot from International Space Station". 7 April 2015. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/nov/HQ_12-391_DTN.html.
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