Expedition 32 Crew

Pictured from the left are Flight Engineers Akihiko Hoshide, Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams and Joe Acaba, Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (right), Expedition 32 flight engineer and Expedition 33 commander; along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (left) and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, both Expedition 32/33 flight engineers, attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, take a break from training in Star City, Russia to pose for a portrait. This image was released on Feb. 22, 2012.

Expedition 31/32/33 crew members pose for a group photo in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This image was released on Jan. 17, 2012.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, Expedition 32/33 flight engineer; and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (mostly obscured), Expedition 32 flight engineer and Expedition 33 commander, attired in training versions of their Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuits, are submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. This image was released on March 15, 2012.

Flight Crew participate in a space station EVA planning and preparation session in an International Space Station mock-up/trainer in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This image was taken March 13, 2012.

The prime and backup crew members for Expedition 32 attend ceremonies outside their Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan July 4, 2012 following the raising of U.S., Russian, Japanese and Kazakh flags outside their crew quarters as part of the prelaunch activities leading up to the launch of the next crew to the International Space Station. This image was released on July 4, 2012.

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams (left) of NASA, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko (center) and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency take a moment to pose for photos July 3, 2012 in front of their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft during a suited "fit check" of the vehicle.

NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, Expedition 31/32 flight engineer, poses for a photo with Robonaut 2 humanoid robot in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station in June 2012.

A Soyuz rocket launches on May 15, 2012, carrying Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (spacecraft commander) and Sergei Revin (spacecraft flight engineer) and US astronaut Joseph Acaba (flight engineer-2 of the spacecraft) on the Expedition 31/32 mission.

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