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Expedition 33

Expedition 33

Long-duration mission to the International Space Station

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]

Quick Facts Mission type, Space station ...

Crew

More information Position, First Part (September–October 2012) ...
Source
NASA[2][3][4]
CubeSats launched by Expedition 33 crew on 4 October 2012.

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. [1]
    "Expedition 33". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. [2]
    NASA HQ (2010). "NASA And Partners Assign Crews For Upcoming Space Station Missions". NASA. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Astronaut Bio: Sunita Williams". NASA. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Selection of Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide as a Member of the ISS Expedition Crew". JAXA. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  5. [5]
    "NASA, ESA Use Experimental Interplanetary Internet to Test Robot from International Space Station". 7 April 2015.
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