Expedition 33
Expedition 33 investigated the spinal cord and the immune system, evaluated new exercise techniques, tested alternate space-to-ground communications, and monitored the effects of floods, fires, and volcanos.
Mission Type
meet the crew
Launch
Landing
Crew Members
Sunita Williams, Commander
Yuri Malenchenko, Flight Engineer
Kevin Ford, Flight Engineer
Oleg Novitskiy, Flight Engineer
Evgeny Tarelkin, Flight Engineer
Akihiko Hoshide, Flight Engineer
Crew and Cargo Missions
11/18/12 – Expedition 32/33 Land
10/31/12 – ISS Progress 49 Launch/Dock
10/28/12 – SpaceX CRS-1 Release
10/25/12 – Expedition 33/34 Dock
10/23/12 – Expedition 33/34 Launch
10/10/12 – SpaceX CRS-1 Capture
10/7/12 – SpaceX CRS-1 Launch
9/28/12 – ATV-3 Undock
Spacewalks
Date: Nov. 1, 2012
Duration: 6 hours, 38 minutes
Spacewalkers: Sunita Williams, Aki Hoshide
Expedition 33 Resources
Expedition Press Kit
Get an overview of the Expedition, its crew and the activities they are working on during this mission to the International Space Station.
Mission Summary
Explore hands-on activities, interactive, lesson plans, educator guides, and other downloadable content about this topic.
Mission Science
Learn more about the range of microgravity science encompassing human research, space phsyics, and more the Expedition 33 crew has conducted.
Mission Imagery
During Expedition 33, the crew took images of the Earth views, the orbiting station, their daily lives aboard and the experiments they conducted during their stay, plus so much more. Check out some of the image highlights from Expedition 33 in the gallery.
Space Station Imagery
View imagery taken from the International Space Station since 1999 of daily crew activities, spacewalks, visiting vehicles, and the Earth below.
