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| Mission type | Long-duration expedition |
|---|---|
| Expedition | |
| Space station | International Space Station |
| Began | 16 September 2012, 23:09 (2012-09-16UTC23:09Z) UTC[1] |
| Ended | 18 November 2012 (2012-11-19)[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-durationexpedition to theInternational Space Station (ISS). It began on 16 September 2012 with the departure from the ISS of theSoyuz TMA-04M spacecraft, which returned theExpedition 32 crew to Earth.[1]
| 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 | |
The crew successfully experimented with theDelay-tolerant networking protocol and managed to control aLego robot on Earth from space.[5]
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