| ISS Expedition 33 | |
| Insignia: | ISS Expedition 33 Patch.svg |
| Insignia Caption: | Expedition 33 mission patch |
| Mission Type: | ISS Expedition |
| Crew Size: | 6 |
| Crew Members: | Expedition 32/33: Sunita Williams Yuri Malenchenko Akihiko Hoshide Expedition 33/34: Kevin A. Ford Oleg Novitskiy Evgeny Tarelkin |
| Crew Photo: | Expedition 33 crew portrait.jpg |
| Crew Photo Caption: | (l-r) Williams, Malenchenko, Hoshide, Tarelkin, Novitskiy and Ford |
| Space Station: | International Space Station |
| Start Date: | UTC |
| Departure Craft: | Soyuz TMA-05M Soyuz TMA-06M |
| Previous Mission: | Expedition 32 |
| Next Mission: | Expedition 34 |
| Programme: | ISS expeditions |
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]
| Position | First Part (September–October 2012) | Second Part (October–November 2012) |
|---|---|---|
| Commander | Sunita Williams, NASA Second spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 1 | Yuri Malenchenko, RSA Fifth spaceflight | |
| Flight Engineer 2 | Akihiko Hoshide, JAXA Second 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 the Delay-tolerant networking protocol and managed to control a Lego robot on earth from space.[5]