Soyuz TMA-05M, launched July 15, 2012, carried the members of Expedition 32 crew to the International Space Station. Its crew consisted of Commander Yuri Malenchenko, Sunita Williams, and Akihiko Hoshide. The crew participated in Expedition 32 and Expedition 33, before returning to Earth November 19, 2012.
Soyuz TMA-03M crew (L-R): Donald Pettit, Oleg Kononenko, Andre Kuipers
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Soyuz TMA-03M, launched December 21, 2011, carried members of Expedition 30 to the International Space Station. Its crew consisted of Commander Oleg Kononenko (Roscosmos), Andre Kuipers (ESA), and Donald Pettit (NASA). They returned to Earth July 2012, which marked the end of Expedition 31 and the beginning of Expedition 32.
Gennady Padalka, born June 21, 1958, holds the current record for the longest time spent in space, 879 days. That's time spent on both Mir and the International Space Station. He attained the rank of colonel in the Russian Air Force.
His first flight into space was aboard Soyuz TM-28 in August 1998 as commander as part of Mir expedition EO-26. He returned to Earth in February 1999.
His second flight was aboard Soyuz TMA-4 in April 2004 as commander to the ISS as part of Expedition 9.
His third flight was on Soyuz TMA-14 in March 2009 as commander of Expeditions 19 and 20 on the ISS. During the mission, he logged almost 16 hours of EVA time.
His fourth flight was on Soyuz TMA-04M in May 2012 as flight engineer for Expedition 31 and then commander of Expedition 32.
His fifth and final flight was about Soyuz TMA-16M in March 2015 as commander for Expeditions 43 and 44.
Joseph Acaba, born May 17, 1967 in Inglewood, California, is the first astronaut with Puerto Rican heritage. His parents moved from Puerto Rico to California in the mid-60s where he was born.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-119) in March 2009 as mission specialist to the International Space Station. He conducted two EVAs, which included lubrication of the station arm grapple snares and installation of a Global Positioning System antenna to the Kibo Laboratory.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz TMA-04M May 15, 2012. He participated in Expeditions 31 and 32, returning to Earth September 17, after almost 125 days in space.
His third mission to the ISS was on Soyuz MS-06, on September 12, 2017, to participate in Expeditions 53 and 54. During the mission he and Randy Bresnik performed an EVA to continue lubrication of the new end effector on the robotic arm, and to install new cameras.
